This is the 290th 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 (October 24, 2022 – October 30, 2022):

Monday: “Antarctica’s Collapse Could Begin Even Sooner Than Anticipated” by Douglas Fox, Scientific American

Tuesday: “The Climate Voters’ Handbook: Illinois” by Brett Jacobson, NRDC Action Fund

https://twitter.com/thirstygecko/status/1585276540668911618?s=20&t=XE86Xga7Kaac9SffsTQgrA

Wednesday: “Mike Davis: 1946–2022” by Jon Wiener, The Nation

Thursday: “Surfacing: Exploring the Canadian Coast Guard Photography Archive” by Emma Rath, Network in Canadian History and Environment (NiCHE)

https://twitter.com/jeremyj_schmidt/status/1585705458547183616?s=20&t=TPrAQjNCYh9jVqGH0p4nsQ

Friday: “World close to ‘irreversible’ climate breakdown, warn major studies” by Damien Carrington, The Guardian

Saturday: “New Book – Villain, Vermin, Icon, Kin: Wolves and the Making of Canada” by Stephanie Rutherford, Network in Canadian History and Environment (NiCHE)

Sunday: “German climate activists glue themselves to dinosaur display,” In-Site

Top Words

  1. ice
  2. climate
  3. shelf
  4. water
  5. meters
  6. said
  7. two
  8. Pettit
  9. will
  10. Ice
ice, climate, shelf

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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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