This is the 237th post in my series that explores the most-used words in the top stories shared among Environmental Historians and Environmental Humanities scholars on Twitter each week. 

Here are the top articles among environmental historians and humanities scholars this past week (September 13, 2021 – September 19, 2021):

https://twitter.com/abeerallamj/status/1437381747805671429?s=20

Monday: “More than 200 people were killed defending the environment in 2020” by Rosie Frost, EuroNews Green

Tuesday: “Report: 2020 is deadliest year for `environmental defenders’” by Danica Kirka, ABC News

Wednesday: “How could the OSCE step up its climate security involvement?,” Planetary Security Initiative

Thursday: “More than 4m stopped wearing masks this summer in Britain, ONS data shows” by Robert Booth, Hannah Devlin and Gwyn Topham, The Guardian

Friday: “Nuclear-powered submarines have ‘long history of accidents’, Adelaide environmentalist warns” by Daniel Keane, ABC News

Saturday: “Long Before Mt VanDyke, It Was Known as Banbangil. What Else Can Cultural Knowledge Teach Us About Environmental History?” by Mark Bachmann, Nature Glenelg Trust

Sunday:  “This Week’s Top Picks in Imperial & Global History” by Marc-William Palen, Imperial & Global Forum

Top Words

  1. said
  2. climate
  3. nuclear
  4. people
  5. security
  6. environmental
  7. OSCE
  8. will
  9. history
  10. Global
  11. submarines
said, climate, nuclear

Published by Jessica M. DeWitt

Dr. Jessica M. DeWitt is an environmental historian of Canada and the United States. She is passionate about the use of digital technologies to bridge the gap between the public and researchers. In addition to her community and professional work, she offers various editing and social media consultancy services.

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