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Environmental history

Environmental history, a branch of historiography, is the study of human interaction with the natural world over time. In contrast to other historical disciplines, it emphasizes the active role nature plays in influencing human affairs. Environmental historians study how humans both shape their...

, the study of human interaction with the natural world over time.

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History of agriculture in India
History of agriculture in India
Indian agriculture began by 9000 BCE as a result of early cultivation of plants, and domestication of crops and animals. Settled life soon followed with implements and techniques being developed for agriculture. Double monsoons led to two harvests being reaped in one year. Indian products soon...

(from ancient times)
History of agriculture in the People's Republic of China
History of agriculture in the People's Republic of China
For over 4,000 years, China has been a nation of farmers. By the time the People's Republic of China was established in 1949, virtually all arable land was under cultivation; irrigation and drainage systems constructed centuries earlier and intensive farming practices already produced relatively...

(from ancient times)
History of agriculture in the United States
History of agriculture in the United States
The history of agriculture in the United States covers the period from the first settlers to the present day. In Colonial America agriculture fund a livelihood for 90 percent of the population; most towns were shipping points for the export of agricultural products. Most farms were geared toward...
History of the anti-nuclear movement
History of the anti-nuclear movement
The application of nuclear technology, both as a source of energy and as an instrument of war, has been controversial.Scientists and diplomats have debated nuclear weapons policy since before the atomic bombing of Hiroshima in 1945. The public became concerned about nuclear weapons testing from...

(from before 1945)
History of the bicycle
History of the bicycle
Vehicles for human transport that have two wheels and require balancing by the rider date back to the early 19th century. The first means of transport making use of two wheels, and thus the archetype of the bicycle, was the German draisine dating back to 1817...

(from 1817 with archetype)
History of biotechnology
History of Biotechnology
Biotechnology is the application of scientific and engineering principles to the processing of materials by biological agents to provide goods and services. From its inception, biotechnology has maintained a close relationship with society...
History of climate change science
History of climate change science
The history of the scientific discovery of climate change began in the early 19th century when natural changes in paleoclimate were first suspected and the natural greenhouse effect first identified. In the late 19th century, scientists first argued that human emissions of greenhouse gases could...

(from the early 19th century)
History of coal mining
History of coal mining
Due to its abundance, coal has been mined in various parts of the world throughout history and continues to be an important economic activity today. Compared to wood fuels, coal yields a higher amount of energy per mass and could be obtained in areas where wood is not readily available...

(from ancient times)
History of coal mining in the United States
History of coal mining in the United States
Anthracite , clean and smokeless, became the preferred fuel in cities, replacing wood by about 1850. Anthracite from the Northeastern Pennsylvania Coal Region and later from West Virginia was typically used for household uses because it is a high quality coal with few impurities and stoves and...
History of cycling
History of cycling
-Racing:The first documented cycling race was a 1,200 metre race held on May 31, 1868 at the Parc of Saint-Cloud, Paris. It was won by expatriate Englishman James Moore who rode a bicycle with solid rubber tires...
History of cycling in New Zealand (from the 1860s)
History of the diesel car (from 1933)
History of electric power transmission
History of electric power transmission
The history of the technology of moving electricity far from where it was generated dates from the late 19th century. This includes movement of electricity in bulk , and the delivery of electricity to individual customers...

(from the late 19th century)
History of electricity sector in Canada
History of electricity sector in Canada
The history of electricity sector in Canada has played a significant role in the economic and political life of the country since the late 19th century...

(from the late 19th century)
History of electricity supply in Queensland
History of electricity supply in Queensland
Queensland being Australia's second largest state in terms of physical area , achieving the early leaders' dream of providing electricity to every home entailed a considerable degree of pioneering, innovation, and commitment. Generation and limited distribution was initially the responsibility of...
History of the electric vehicle
History of the electric vehicle
The history of the electric vehicle began in the mid-19th century. An electrical vehicle held the vehicular land speed record until around 1900. The high cost, low top speed and short range of electric vehicles, compared to later internal combustion vehicles, led to a worldwide decline in their use...

(from the mid-19th century)
History of ethanol fuel in Brazil
History of ethanol fuel in Brazil
The history of ethanol fuel in Brazil dates from the 1970s and relates to Brazil’s sugarcane based ethanol fuel program, which allowed the country to became the world's second largest producer of ethanol, and the world's largest exporter...

(from the 1970s)
History of flooding in Canada
History of flooding in Canada
The history of flooding in Canada is marked by events caused by excessive rainfall and excessive snowmelt. Flood events have had a significant effect on the various regions of the country.-1894 Fraser River flood:...
History of Hydro-Québec
History of Hydro-Québec
Hydro-Québec is a government-owned public utility established in 1944 by the Government of Quebec. The company is in charge of the generation, transmission and distribution of electricity across Quebec. Its head office is located in Montreal.-Origins:...

(from 1944)
History of the jet engine
History of the jet engine
The jet engine has a long history, from early steam devices in the 2nd century BCE to the modern turbofans and scramjets.-Precursors:Jet engines can be dated back to the invention of the aeolipile around 150 BCE. This device used steam power directed through two nozzles so as to cause a sphere to...
History of manufactured gas
History of manufactured gas
The history of manufactured gas, important for lighting, heating, and cooking purposes throughout most of the nineteenth century and the first half of the 20th century, began with the development of analytical and pneumatic chemistry in the eighteenth century...

(from the 18th century)
History of nanotechnology
History of nanotechnology
The history of nanotechnology traces the development of the concepts and experimental work falling under the broad category of nanotechnology. Although nanotechnology is a relatively recent development in scientific research, the development of its central concepts happened over a longer period of...

(from the 1980s)
History of nuclear weapons
History of nuclear weapons
The history of nuclear weapons chronicles the development of nuclear weapons. Nuclear weapons possess enormous destructive potential derived from nuclear fission or nuclear fusion reactions...

(from the 1930s)
History of numerical weather prediction
History of numerical weather prediction
The history of numerical weather prediction considers how current weather conditions as input into mathematical models of the atmosphere and oceans to predict the weather and future sea state has changed over the years...

(from 1950)
History of the oil shale industry
History of the oil shale industry
The history of the oil shale industry started in ancient times. The modern industrial use of oil shale for oil extraction dates to the mid-19th century and started growing just before World War I because of the mass production of automobiles and trucks and the supposed shortage of gasoline for...

(from the mid-19th century)
History of the oil tanker
History of the oil tanker
The history of the oil tanker is part of the evolution of the technology of oil transportation alongside the oil industry. Although man's use of oil reaches to prehistory, the first modern commercial exploitation dates back to James Young's manufacture of parafin in 1850...

(since 1863?)
History of organic farming
History of organic farming
Organic farming was the original type of agriculture, and has been practiced for thousands of years...

(from ancient times)
History of passive solar building design
History of passive solar building design
-Pre-modern History:The techniques of passive solar building design were practiced for thousands of years, by necessity, before the advent of mechanical heating and cooling. It has remained a traditional part of vernacular architecture in many countries...
History of the petroleum industry in Canada
History of the petroleum industry in Canada
The Canadian petroleum industry arose in parallel with that of the United States. Because of Canada's unique geography, geology, resources and patterns of settlement, however, it developed in different ways...

(from the late 1950s?)
History of the petroleum industry in Canada (frontier exploration and development)
History of the petroleum industry in Canada (frontier exploration and development)
Canada's early petroleum discoveries took place near population centres or along lines of penetration into the frontier.The first oil play, for example, was in southern Ontario. The first western natural gas discovery occurred on a Canadian Pacific Railway right-of-way...

(from 1920)
History of the petroleum industry in Canada (natural gas)
History of the petroleum industry in Canada (natural gas)
Natural gas has been used almost as long as crude oil in Canada, but its commercial development was not as rapid. This is because of special properties of this energy commodity: it is a gas, and it frequently contains impurities. The technical challenges involved to first process and then pipe it...

(most significantly from 1980)
History of the petroleum industry in Canada (natural gas liquids)
History of the petroleum industry in Canada (natural gas liquids)
Canada's natural gas liquids industry dates back to the discovery of wet natural gas at Turner Valley, Alberta in 1914. The gas was less important than the natural gasoline - "skunk gas" it was called, because of its distinctive odour - that early producers extracted from it...

(from 1914)
History of the petroleum industry in Canada (oil sands and heavy oil)
History of the petroleum industry in Canada (oil sands and heavy oil)
Canada's oil sands and heavy oil resources are among the world's great petroleum deposits. They include the vast oil sands of northern Alberta, and the heavy oil reservoirs that surround the small city of Lloydminster, which sits on the border between Alberta and Saskatchewan...

(from 1719)
History of the petroleum industry in the United States (from the early 19th century)
History of photovoltaics
History of plug-in hybrids
History of plug-in hybrids
The history of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles spans a little more than a century, but most of the significant commercial developments have taken place after 2002.-1899-1999:...

(most significantly from 2002)
History of rail transport
History of rail transport
The history of rail transport dates back nearly 500 years and includes systems with man or horse power and rails of wood or stone. Modern rail transport systems first appeared in England in the 1820s...

(from nearly 500 years ago) (See also: :Category:History of rail transport.)
History of rapid transit
History of rapid transit
Rapid transit began with the opening in 1863 of the Metropolitan Railway, now part of the London Underground. However, the smoke caused discomfort for passengers in operating steam trains through tunnels and limited the appeal of this mode of transport...

(from 1863)
History of road transport
History of road transport
The history of road transport started with the development of tracks by humans and their beasts of burden.- Early roads :The first forms of road transport were horses, oxen or even humans carrying goods over tracks that often followed game trails, such as the Natchez Trace. In the Stone Age humans...

(from ancient times)
History of Statoil (1972–2007)
History of the steam engine
History of the steam engine
The history of the steam engine stretches back as far as the 1st century AD; the first recorded rudimentary steam engine being the aeolipile described by Hero of Alexandria...

(from the first century CE)
History of steam road vehicles
History of steam road vehicles
The history of steam road vehicles describes the development of vehicles powered by a steam engine for use on land and independent of rails; whether for conventional road use, such as the steam car and steam waggon, or for agricultural or heavy haulage work, such as the traction engine.The first...

(experimentally from the 17th century)
History of sustainability
History of sustainability
The history of sustainability traces human-dominated ecological systems from the earliest civilizations to the present. This history is characterized by the increased regional success of a particular society, followed by crises that were either resolved, producing sustainability, or not, leading to...

(from the earliest civilizations)
History of the Venezuelan oil industry
History of the Venezuelan oil industry
Venezuela is the fifth largest oil exporting country in the world with the largest reserves of heavy crude oil at an estimated as of 2010. Venezuela has the largest reserves of light and heavy crude oil in the entire western hemisphere...

(from before European colonization)
History of waste management
History of waste management
Historically, the amount of wastes generated by human population was insignificant mainly due to the low population densities, coupled with the fact there was very little exploitation of natural resources...

(from ancient times)
History of water filters
History of water filters
When you talk about the history of water filters, one really must talk about the history of water filtration to understand where these devices spawned from. In history, water meant survival, and for civilizations, water sources meant the difference between surviving and thriving. Water was not...

(from ancient times)
History of water fluoridation
History of water fluoridation
The history of water fluoridation can be divided into three periods. The first was research into the cause of a form of mottled tooth enamel called the Colorado Brown Stain, which later became known as fluorosis. The second focused on the relationship among fluoride concentrations, fluorosis, and...

(from c. 1901, with research on cause Colorado brown stain)
History of water supply and sanitation
History of water supply and sanitation
This article covers the history of water supply, plumbing, sanitation and sewage collection and disposal.-Ancient age:During the Neolithic, man dug the first permanent water wells, from where vessels could be filled and carried by hand. The size of human settlements was largely dependent on nearly...

(from ancient times)
History of wildfire suppression in the United States

Timelines

Timeline of alcohol fuel
Timeline of alcohol fuel
Ethanol, an alcohol fuel, is an important fuel for the operation of internal combustion engines that are used in cars, trucks, and other kinds of machinery.*Since ancient times ethanol has been used for lamp oil and cooking, along with plant and animal oils...
Timeline of environmental events
Timeline of environmental events
The timeline lists geological, astronomical, and climatological events in relation to events in human history which they influenced. For the history of humanity's perspective on these events, see timeline of the history of environmentalism...
Timeline of environmental history
Timeline of environmental history of New Zealand
Timeline of environmental history of New Zealand
This is a timeline of environmental history of New Zealand. These events relate to the more notable events affecting the natural environment of New Zealand as a result of human activity.-Pre 1800s:...
Timeline of genetically modified organisms
Timeline of genetically modified organisms
This is a timeline of noteworthy genetically modified organisms created in labs, including genetically modified foods and other transgenic species and products .- 1972- 1973 :...
Timeline of history of environmentalism
Timeline of history of environmentalism
This timeline is a listing of events that have shaped humanity's perspective on the environment. This timeline includes human induced disasters, environmentalists that have had a positive influence, and environmental legislation.-7th century:...
Timeline of major U.S. environmental and occupational health regulation
Timeline of Minamata disease
Timeline of Minamata disease
The following is a timeline of key events related to Minamata disease:- References :*, The Ministry of the Environment, , retrieved 17 January 2007* by the National Institute for Minamata Disease, retrieved 29 October 2006...
Timeline of nuclear weapons development
Timeline of Nuclear Weapons Development
This timeline of nuclear weapons development is a chronological catalog of the evolution of nuclear weapons rooting from the development of the science surrounding nuclear fission and nuclear fusion. In addition to the scientific advancements, this timeline also includes several political events...
Timeline of relief efforts after the 2010 Chile earthquake
Timeline of relief efforts after the 2010 Chile earthquake
The timeline of relief efforts after the 2010 Chile earthquake of 27 February 2010 involves the sequence of events in the days following a highly destructive 8.8 Mw earthquake with an epicentre just offshore of the Maule Region, see Maule, Chile....
Timeline of relief efforts after the 2010 Haiti earthquake
Timeline of relief efforts after the 2010 Haiti earthquake
The timeline of rescue efforts after the 2010 Haiti earthquake of 12 January 2010 involves the sequence of events in the days following a highly destructive 7.0 Mw earthquake with an epicenter west of the nation's capital, Port-au-Prince. With at least 70% of the city's buildings destroyed, the...
Timeline of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill
Timeline of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill
The following is a timeline of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill . It was a massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, the largest offshore spill in U.S. history...
Timeline of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill (May 2010)
Timeline of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill (May 2010)
-May 1–5:*May 1*Two military C-130 Hercules aircraft were employed to spray oil dispersant.*May 2*Obama meets with fishermen and Coast Guard in Venice, Louisiana. Oil discovered in the South Pass....
Timeline of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill (June 2010)
Timeline of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill (June 2010)
-June 1–5:*June 1*United States attorney general Eric Holder said his office was going to investigate possible criminal prosecutions. He specifically said they are investigating Clean Water Act, Oil Pollution Act of 1990, Migratory Bird Treaty Act, Endangered Species Act.*Coast Guard Rear Adm...
Timeline of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill (July 2010)
Timeline of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill (July 2010)
-July 1–5:*July 1* Total estimated discharge since the start reaches – topping Ixtoc I oil spill that was the previous biggest in the Gulf of Mexico....
Timeline of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill (August 2010)
Timeline of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill (August 2010)
-August 1–7:*August 1*Some BP gas stations say they want to revert to the Amoco brand.*BP exec Doug Suttles says he would eat seafood from the Gulf saying, “There's been a tremendous amount of testing done by NOAA and the state agencies and the FDA and others...
Timeline of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster
Timeline of the Fukushima Daini nuclear accidents
Timeline of the Fukushima Daini nuclear accidents
The Fukushima II nuclear accidents occurred after the 9.0 magnitude 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami on 11 March. This offshore earthquake near the island of Honshu produced a large tsunami in Japan, and a tsunami warning for over 20 countries. The earthquake triggered the shut down all four of...

Environmental history books

Title	Theme(s) and subtheme(s)	Author(s)	Year(s)
1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus is a 2005 non-fiction book by American author and science writer Charles C. Mann about the pre-Columbian Americas...		Charles C. Mann	2005
Changes in the Land: Indians, Colonists, and the Ecology of New England Changes in the Land: Indians, Colonists, and the Ecology of New England Changes in the Land is a 1983 nonfiction book by historian William Cronon.-New paradigms:In this paradigm-shifting work, Cronon demonstrated the impact on the land of the widely disparate conceptions of ownership held by native Americans and English colonists. English law objectified land,...	Land and water: hunting and fishing	William Cronon	1983
Ecological Imperialism: The Biological Expansion of Europe, 900-1900 Ecological Imperialism: The Biological Expansion of Europe, 900-1900 Ecological Imperialism: The Biological Expansion of Europe, 900-1900 is a 1986 book written by Alfred Crosby.-Contents:Crosby begins by pointing out that the populations of what he calls the "Neo-Europes" are primarily composed of European descendants. He asks why there are such large...	Introduced species: epidemics	Alfred Crosby	1986
The Evolution of the Conservation Movement, 1850-1920 The Evolution of the Conservation Movement, 1850-1920 The Evolution of the Conservation Movement, 1850–1920 documents the historical formation and cultural foundations of the movement to conserve and protect America's natural heritage, through books, pamphlets, government documents, manuscripts, prints, photographs, and motion picture footage drawn... (collection of books and other publications)	Conservation movement
Famine 1975! America's Decision: Who Will Survive? Famine 1975! America's Decision: Who Will Survive? Famine 1975! America's Decision: Who Will Survive? is a best-selling 1967 book by William and Paul Paddock. The brothers describe the rapidly growing population of the world, and a situation in which they believe it would be impossible to feed the entire global population within the short term...	Overpopulation: food security	William and Paul Paddock	1967
The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic - and How it Changed Science, Cities and the Modern World The Ghost Map The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic - and How it Changed Science, Cities and the Modern World is a book by Steven Berlin Johnson in which he describes the most intense outbreak of cholera in Victorian London - and what it means to us today, from the way we understand...	Pollution: water pollution	Steven Berlin Johnson	2006
The Improving State of the World: Why We're Living Longer, Healthier, More Comfortable Lives On a Cleaner Planet The Improving State of the World The Improving State of the World: Why We're Living Longer, Healthier, More Comfortable Lives On a Cleaner Planet is a 2007 book by Indur M. Goklany, published by the Cato Institute. As per the title, it argues that the state of the world and humanity is rapidly improving.- Contents :The book lists...	Environmental skepticism	Indur M. Goklany	2007
A Short History of Progress A Short History of Progress A Short History of Progress is a non-fiction book and lecture series by Ronald Wright about societal collapse. The lectures were delivered as a series of five speeches, each taking place in different cities across Canada as part of the 2004 Massey Lectures which was broadcast on the CBC Radio...	Environmental history	Ronald Wright	2004
Struggle for the Land: Native North American Resistance to Genocide, Ecocide and Colonization Struggle for the Land Struggle for the Land: Native North American Resistance to Genocide, Ecocide and Colonization is a book by Ward Churchill. It is a collection of essays on the efforts of Native Americans in the United States and in Canada to maintain their land tenure claims against government and corporate...	Various themes	Ward Churchill	1993, 1999, 2002

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