We've added a new post to our blog, by Koldo Trapaga-Monchet and Raúl Romero-Calcerrada on 'The royal forests of Almeirim: A multifunctional landscape in the larger Ribatejo geographical-cultural area'; here: whitehorsepress.blog/2026/02/17/a... #envhist #portugal #forests @eandhwhp.bsky.social

A new issue of Plant Perspectives will be out next month - right on time for spring 🌸

In 'Squid and Socialists', Donghyun Woo analyses how squid in the East Sea undermined production quotas and eluded state planning from 1945 to 1964, showing how nonhuman herd agency exposed the limits of Pyongyang’s efforts to discipline oceanic nature. 🗃️ #envhist doi.org/10.3828/whpe...

2 new ahead-of-print articles live now! In 'The Fugitive Steppe', Jackie Erlon-Baurjan examines how Russian imperial ambitions to transform the Kazakh steppe between 1840 and 1914 were shaped by and in turn reshaped understandings of climate. doi.org/10.3828/whpe... 🗃️ #envhist

We've published a new #openaccess article in 'Plant Perspectives'. Marion De Schepper writes 'Violently Vibrant, Obscurely (Un)Alike: Surrealist Representations of Plants in the Avant-Garde Magazine "Minotaure"': doi.org/10.3197/WHPP.... #plantstudies #surrealist @plantperspectives.bsky.social

Here’s a preview of the cover and contents of ‘Plant Perspectives’ 3.1, forthcoming in April. #plantstudies #envhum @plantperspectives.bsky.social www.whp-journals.co.uk/PP/index

There's a new post on our blog, by Eliot Fackler on 'Lake Erie’s Toxic Algae and the Dismal History of the Black Swamp'; originally published in 'Environment and History' as a Snapshot article. Free to read here: whitehorsepress.blog/2026/01/19/b... @eandhwhp.bsky.social #envhist #algae #LakeErie

We're delighted to welcome Dr. Leona Watson (@northumbriauni.bsky.social) as Editor of 'Environment and History'. Huge thanks to outgoing Editor, Dr. David Moon (@york.ac.uk), for his excellent work over the last few years. We look forward to seeing what's next for @eandhwhp.bsky.social! #envhist

Environment and History Vol. 32, no. 1 is out now! This issue includes new research articles, snapshots, book reviews, and the @eseh.bsky.social notepad. Subscribers can read here liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/toc/whpeh/32/1 🗃️ #envhist

We've published a new article ahead of print in 'Global Environment', by Sunny Ruchi Ecka on "Mahua: A Lifesaving Famine Food in the Nineteenth Century"; read it #openaccess here: www.doi.org/10.3828/whpg... #envhist #plantstudies @globalenvironment.bsky.social @plantperspectives.bsky.social

Here's a preview of the cover and contents of 'Nomadic Peoples' 30.1, forthcoming in March. 'Nomadic Peoples' is a #subscribetoopen title and we're within reach of our 2026 target to make vol 30 #openaccess. Please encourage your institution to subscribe, if they have not yet done so! #pastoralism

For the New Year, we're running a SALE of 25% off all books on our site. Use code WHP2026NY on anything listed here: www.whpress.co.uk/publications... || Thanks to M. Johnson for painting these aconites, blossoming near Cambridge even in deep midwinter. #envhist #envhum #pastorialism #plantstudies

We've added a new post to our blog, by Björn Billing on 'Visualising Icebergs in the Early Modern Period'; read it here: whitehorsepress.blog/2025/12/22/v... #envhist @eandhwhp.bsky.social #iceberg #arctic

Happy Christmas from all at @whitehorsepress.bsky.social [image by Sarah's daughter Miranda]

And lastly, in "War: Wasting at Another Pace," Iris Borowy analyzes the multifaceted intersections between war and waste management, examining the ways in which industrial warfare waste has shaped landscapes. doi.org/10.3828/whpe... 🗃️ #envhist

We've published a new #openaccess article ahead of print in 'Plant Perspectives', in which Sabrina Dookie considers 'Mangroves as Sacred Forests'. You can find it here: www.doi.org/10.3197/whpp... @plantperspectives.bsky.social #mangroves #plantstudies #forests #planthum #envhum

In "Wearing Wild Birds", Laura Valls examines the late 19th century fashion trend of entire birds displayed on women's hats and clothing, exploring public reactions that led to the first preservation movements doi.org/10.3828/whpe... 🗃️ #envhist

In "Technocratic Environmentalism in Socialist Science Diplomacy," Barbora Buzássyová examines Czechoslovak geologists' use of the International Geological Correlation Programme to advance technocratic environmentalism in diplomacy during the late Cold War. doi.org/10.3828/whpe... 🗃️ #envhist

2 more ahead-of-print articles! In "Visualising Icebergs," Björn Billing examines visual representations of icebergs in engravings and other works of art (c. 1570-1770), elucidating aesthetic and epistemological aspects of the early modern Arctic doi.org/10.3828/whpe... 🗃️ #envhist

We've added a new post to our blog, in which Chris Halsted contextualises his new article in 'Environment and History' on ‘Germany’s Feral Rheas: Colonialism, Rewilding, and Deep History in the Schaalsee Biosphere Reserve’: whitehorsepress.blog/2025/12/03/g... #envhist @eandhwhp.bsky.social #birds

In "Energy, Ecology and Gender in the Middle-Class Home of the Eighteenth-Century Low Countries," Wout Saelens examines the impact of fossil fuel usage on housewives and maidservants who bore the burden of new discomforts accompanying this new energy regime 🗃️ #envhist doi.org/10.3828/whpe...

In "The Treatment of Smog in Britain," Caizhou Cui analyses the roles played by national organizations in raising public awareness and influencing policy on air pollution in 20th century Britain, which served as a model for other nations. 🗃️ #envhist doi.org/10.3828/whpe...

3 new ahead-of-print articles available now! In "Germany’s Feral Rheas," Chris Halstead examines the establishment of a population of these flightless birds in northern Germany, facilitated by the creation of the Schaalsee Biosphere Reserve. 🗃️ #envhist doi.org/10.3828/whpe...

We've published a new #openaccess article in 'The Journal of Population and Sustainability', by Theodore P. Lianos on 'Thomas More’s Utopia as a Steady State Economy'. Available here: www.doi.org/10.3197/whpj... #population #sustainability #utopia #economy

We've added a new post by Nils Johansson to our blog, exploring ‘how the plastic bag became an iconic symbol of environmental degradation'; originally published as a Snapshot in 'Environment and History'. Check it out here: whitehorsepress.blog/2025/11/10/t... @eandhwhp.bsky.social #envhist #plastic

'The Piruzai of Afghanistan' is now available for shipment anywhere in Europe, USA and Canada if you order on our website (or, by enquiry, to many other regions!): www.whpress.co.uk/publications... #pastoralism #afghanistan #photography

We're delighted to announce a new book, forthcoming in March: 'Grasping Soil: A Syllabus and Essays for the Environmental Humanities', edited by Emily Brownell; now open for pre-orders. More information: www.whpress.co.uk/publications... #envhum #envhist #soil

We've posted a recording of the excellent event 'Plants, Memory, Belonging', co-hosted recently by Oak Spring Garden Foundation and our journal 'Plant Perspectives'. Fascinating presentations and discussion! Check it out here: youtu.be/CssAzff55Q4?... @plantperspectives.bsky.social #planthumanities

We’ve posted 2 new #openaccess articles in @globalenvironment.bsky.social: W. van Engelen et al., ‘African Buffalo as Disease Reservoir in Botswana’; & a review of R.K. Barman’s ‘River, Society and Culture’ (@livunipress.bsky.social). Both here: liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/toc/whpge/0/0. #envhist

We've posted another new piece ahead of print in 'Environment and History', being Claudia Leal's article 'Tenacious: An Alternative History of Dogs'; online here: doi.org/10.3828/whpe... #envhist #dogs #mongrels #colombia #latinamerica @eandhwhp.bsky.social

New open access article! In "The Contradictions of Dam Building in the People's Republic of China," the authors examine tensions between the PRC's limited capacities and promethean visions of taming China's rivers in the mid-20th century. Read it here: www.doi.org/10.3828/whpe... #envhist 🗃️

Issue 31.4 of Environment and History is out now! This special issue entitled "Dam Scientists: The limits of scientific knowledge and environmentalism" features 6 research articles, 2 snapshots, and 3 book reviews. Read online here: liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/toc/whpeh/31... #envhist🗃️

We've put a new post up on our blog, in which Maria Kernecker explores how plants can provide a 'way in' to a landscape; the relates to her recently published article in 'Plant Perspectives'. #plantstudies @plantperspectives.bsky.social whitehorsepress.blog/2025/10/07/p...

Huge thanks to the team at @plantperspectives.bsky.social @whitehorsepress.bsky.social and @sarahwhpress.bsky.social for creating such stunning designs for our special #arborealhumanities issue! Check out all the beautifully crafted papers, poetry and reviews at whp-journals.co.uk/PP/issue/vie...

We've added a new post to our blog, presenting the second-prize-winning poster from #eseh2025 in Uppsala – Johannes Ellingsen’s visually striking poster investigates the resurgence of heath-burning in Norway. Online here: whitehorsepress.blog/2025/09/30/e... #envhist

We're delighted to announce publication of Greta Semplici's 'Moving Deserts', examining resilience among Turkana herders through fourteen months of ethnographic fieldwork. More info: www.whpress.co.uk/publications... #pastoralism. This book is #openaccess thanks to @openbookcollective.bsky.social!

We've published a new article in 'Worldwide Waste', in which Saskia Abrahms-Kavunenko writes on 'Anthropocene Ouroboros: Shimmying Plastics and the Contamination of Time'. Online here: www.doi.org/10.3197/whpw... #openaccess #waste #plastic #anthropocene

We've published another article online first in 'Plant Perspectives, by Maria Lee Kernecker on 'Between Grazing and Gathering: Plant Knowledges, Belonging and Becoming in the Swiss Alps'; online here: doi.org/10.3197/WHPP... @plantperspectives.bsky.social #envhum #plantstudies

‘Nomadic Peoples’ 29.2 is now online – and #openaccess thanks to our many #subscribetoopen supporters. Check it out here: liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/toc/whpnp/cu... #pastoralism

'Plant Perspectives' is co-presenting an online event with Oak Spring Garden Foundation on 8th October – 'Plants, Memory belonging'. See attached for more details; and you can register here: www.osgf.org/programs-and... @plantperspectives.bsky.social #envhum #plantstudies #envhist

Issue 9.2 of ‘The Journal of Population & Sustainability’ is now available – always #openaccess through the generous support of @popnmatters.bsky.social‬. You can find it here: www.whp-journals.co.uk/JPS/issue/vi... #population #environment

We’ve moved to a new location at #meccsa2025! Ground floor near the coffee. We publish scholarly books and journals on environment & society; feel free to stop by for a chat. All books on the table are available at heavy discounts; and we’re giving away some environmental ethics journals for free.

Here's a preview of the cover and contents of 'Plant Perspectives' 2.2, a special issue guest edited by Caroline Cornish and Christina Hourigan at Kew Gardens; forthcoming in October. #openaccess #subscribetoopen @rbgkew.bsky.social @plantperspectives.bsky.social #plantstudies

Andrei Vinogradov & Alexandra Raeva won the WHP / ESEH Poster Prize (Uppsala 2025) with 'Melting Mountains: Environment, Society and the Vertical Climate Frontier in the Greater Altai (1950–2020)'; now on our blog: whitehorsepress.blog/2025/08/27/p... Enjoy! #envhist #mountains @eseh.bsky.social

We're delighted to announce publication of 'Nordic Climate Histories' (Dominik Collet et al. eds), an essay collection exploring how the people of the Nordic countries have confronted challenges from climatic variability down the centuries: www.whpress.co.uk/publications... #climatehistory #

We've added a new post to our blog, by Diego Molina on 'Gardens and Empire'; reviewing a recent two day conference at the British Library. Read it here: whitehorsepress.blog/2025/07/15/g... #envhist #gardens @britishlibrary.bsky.social @plantperspectives.bsky.social

Environment & History 31.3 is live! This issue includes five new articles as well as two open-access snapshots. Read here: www.whpress.co.uk/publications...

Two new ahead-of-print articles are live now! In "Translating Algae Into Policy," Adam Sundberg examines the late 20th century discovery of Gymnodinium catenatum and other toxic plankton in Tasmania & the subsequent scientific and policy impacts. liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/abs/10.3...

‘Global Environment’ 18.2 is now published, being a special issue called ‘Creating the "Good Life" in the City: Rethinking Urban Spaces from More-Than-Human Perspectives’. Read it #openaccess here: liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/toc/whpge/cu... #envhist #goodlife @globalenvironment.bsky.social

We're delighted to announce #openaccess publication of 'Multispecies Ethnography and Artful Methods', supported by @openbookcollective.bsky.social. Download a PDF or order the book here: www.whpress.co.uk/publications...; or, find out more on the book's own interactive website: www.meamresearch.com