This is the thirty-fourth post in my series that explores the most-used words in the top stories shared amongst Environmental Historians and Environmental Humanities scholars on Twitter each week.
Here are the top articles amongst environmental historians and humanities scholars this past week (October 16– October 22, 2017):
Monday: “Former Hurricane Ophelia rocks Ireland with 100-mph wind gusts” by Jason Samenow, The Washington Post
Tuesday: “Puerto Rico Is Facing One of the Worst Environmental Disasters in U.S. History” by Rafi Schwartz, Splinter
Wednesday: “How Volcanoes Caused Violent Uprisings in Cleopatra’s Egypt” by Craig Welch, National Geographic
Thursday: “Warning of ‘ecological Armageddon’ after dramatic plunge in insect numbers” by Damian Carrington, The Guardian
https://twitter.com/mhbastian/status/921275796966256640
Friday: “Apocalyptic Design in the Capitalocene: Every-day Geopolitics and Blockchain” by Chris Speed and Kate Symons, Fields: Chris Speed
Saturday: “Op-ed: America’s past holds clues for solving current issues with marijuana industry” by Nick Johnson, The Cannabist
https://twitter.com/livechannelfeed/status/921954055064358912
Sunday: “The “Redwood Wars”: A History of Environmental Direct Action” by Robert James Parsons, Truthout
Top Words
1. new
2. also
3. one
4. eruptions
5. marijuana
6. insects
7. Pacific
8. years
9. environmental
10. Ireland
11. might
12. storm
13. said
14. many
15. may
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