@liverpooluni.bsky.social's latest Original Ideas podcast discusses challenges of and solutions to heatwaves 🌇 Including @meltingmetropolis.bsky.social researchers @chrisjpearson.bsky.social @abiedoubleyou.bsky.social @chloeduteil.bsky.social 👉 news.liverpool.ac.uk/2026/06/05/l...

How London, Paris and New York coped in the heatwaves of the past 🌇 @liverpooluni.bsky.social and @livunihss.bsky.social @chloeduteil.bsky.social and @drjonwinder.bsky.social co-write for @theconversation.com with Daniel Cumming, Queens College @cuny.edu 👉 theconversation.com/how-london-p...

🌇🌡️Temperatures are on the rise again today, so take a look at how people dealt with old timey heatwaves, with @chloeduteil.bsky.social, Jon Winder and the @meltingmetropolis.bsky.social team. 🌞 #PhewWotAScorcher

Ever wondered how urbanites in the past have tried to keep cool in the summer using water? Our article has answers! ⛲️👇

Our @meltingmetropolis.bsky.social article on keeping cool in summertime Paris, New York and London is free to read in the Journal of Social History. doi.org/10.1093/jsh/...

I am beyond thrilled to announce that my first solo article has just come out in French History! The article can be accessed in open access using the link below: doi.org/10.1093/fh/c...

#ESEH2025 also involved seaweeding with artist Julia Lohmann from the Department of Seaweed!

And it’s a wrap on #ESEH2025! What an honour to have been part of the panel “From the Inside Out: The Environmental and Health Implications of Regulating the Indoor Environment” featuring dusty, hot, and cold homes across the 19th and 20th centuries in Germany, France and Britain

Delighted to have chaired the panel “Sweltering cities: Uncertainty, energy, ethics and experiences of extreme urban heat” by my @meltingmetropolis.bsky.social colleagues this morning at #ESEH2025

“L’été 1911 en France : deux mois et demi de fournaise et 40 000 morts” À lire ici - www.retronews.fr/societe/echo...

The fascinating history lives on —“The hard, heavy work of harvesting seaweed” in www.theguardian.com/environment/...

It’s getting crowded… www.linkedin.com/posts/meteo-...

We have a ☀️NEW ☀️date for Stand of the Sun - Thursday 19 June 2025. Still FREE, still at Orleans House Gallery, Twickenham, TW1 3BL Reserve tickets here: www.ticketsource.co.uk/richmond-art...

It was great to share about community & public engagement on @meltingmetropolis.bsky.social with @chrisjpearson.bsky.social on this fantastic panel with Mary Booth, Janaya Pickett, and @downham.bsky.social

Great piece by Mike Hulme! (open access link in thread)

In London on June 21? Do not miss this special event!

Increasing temperatures can seriously affect our health, wellbeing and work. The good news? There are things we can do about it. Tune in to our livestream at the World Health Assembly on 21 May to learn how we can prepare and protect against extreme heat: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/4ff5ec...

As part of my work on everyday experiences of summer heat in Paris on the project Melting Metropolis, I am looking for an illustrator with whom to create a graphic novel bringing together history, climate, and fiction. For more & French, see below ☀️ #heatwave #illustrator #climate #paris #history

New book excerpt from former Carson fellow Catherine Dunlop's 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘭: 𝘈 𝘞𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘱𝘵 𝘏𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘔𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘯 𝘍𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦. Courtesy of @uchicagopress.bsky.social. #envhist