‘I just want to find them’: deadly cloudbursts devastate Kashmir’s mountain communities. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

‘I just want to find them’: deadly cloudbursts devastate Kashmir’s mountain communities

Increasingly erratic weather patterns due to climate change mean people are losing homes, crops and livestock

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Absolutely insane footage of rock avalanches currently sweeping across the entire south face of the Matterhorn, as filmed from Cervinia! 🔥😱 📽️ Via @meteovalledosta

Calling Tim Robinson fans! RIA Publishing House is producing new editions of Robinson's iconic map series, Aran, The Burren and Connemara. How would you like to see these wonderful maps brought back to life? We would love to hear from you! Email publications@ria.ie with your feedback.

This is simply wonderful news for the Migration Museum and its ongoing project to create the UK's first permanent museum exploring migration to and from the UK. The new Museum will be in the City of London, but is already working with collaborators outside London and outside England. 1/3

The Wolfson Foundation commits £600,000 to the UK’s ‘Missing Museum’

The Migration Museum is delighted to announce that The Wolfson Foundation has become a Founding Partner of the UK’s first permanent museum dedicated to exploring how the movement of people to and from...

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NEW: Renewable energy developer Avangrid has pulled a long-standing and controversial solar project on Washington’s Badger Mountain, a site sacred to Indigenous nations, following years of delays and tribal objections. With @highcountrynews.org

Solar Developer Cancels Washington State Project on Sacred Indigenous Land

The company, Avangrid, pulled its long-standing and controversial project following years of delays, as well as tribal objections spurred in part by High Country News and ProPublica reporting.

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Great to see Osterley House, National Trust engage again with the long legacy of the East India Company and its material cultures in Hounslow. Exciting to see another exhibition on this theme: Journeys: Wedding Shawls, Baghs and Phulkaris from the Karun Thakar Collection, open until 1 November. 1/4

Karun Thakar brings British Asians into Osterley House with National Trust exhibition

Exhibition of shawls invites visitors to rediscover estate's India links

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@brucealexb.bsky.social and I have a new OA article in History Australia: 'Enlightenment enslavement and the Indigenous dead: trafficking slaves and skulls in the early colonisation of Australia'. Read it here: doi.org/10.1080/1449...

"Authorities also began a region-wide censorship campaign, shutting down Mongolian WeChat groups and removing Mongolian-language books from the shelves of retail outlets. ... if you lose your language, you lose everything," Mr Togochog, director of SMHRC said." www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08...

'Cultural genocide': China's new laws set to wipe out 55 ethnic groups

China's new ethnic unity law is threatening to make the languages and culture of 55 different ethnic groups extinct.

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Please encourage your libraries to buy a copy of "Antarctic Materialities," due out next month. This is a peer-reviewed interdisciplinary volume where scholars from various fields wrote papers on aspects of material culture in Antarctica #histsci #envhist www.berghahnbooks.com/title/McCahe...

Antarctic Materialities | Berghahn Books

Independent Publishing since 1994

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Famed climber Nirmal 'Nimsdai' Purja confirmed dead as bodies recovered from Broad Peak... www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/...

Famed climber Purja confirmed dead as bodies recovered from Broad Peak

Pakistani rescuers still looking for six other missing climbers swept away in avalanche on world's 12th largest peak.

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“I flew those mines. I’ve seen the mountain tops that are gone … it’s incredible the amount of metallurgical [coal] that is being taken out of that landscape” news.mongabay.com/2026/07/prop... @mongabay.com

#China has opened a high‑altitude drone R&D center in #Tibet near Mt. Everest to develop UAVs for border security, logistics & emergency operations. It is part of China’s push to leverage Tibet’s altitude advantage in its tech competition with the US. www.tibetanreview.net/tibetan-ever...

Tibetan Everest a new peak in US-China rivalry in drone technology? - Tibetan Review

(TibetanReview.net, Jul31’26) – China has established a dedicated high-altitude drone research and development centre in Tibet near Mount Everest, aiming to advance unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) techn...

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Hundreds of archaeological sites are now under threat after the federal government announced that the Texan portion of the US-Mexico border wall will be exempt from environment preservation laws.

Trump’s Border Expansion Threatens 6,000-Year-Old Cave Paintings

The federal government announced on Monday that the Texan portion of the US-Mexico border wall will be exempt from environment preservation laws.

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Rescuers are searching the 26,400-foot peak, while nearby K2 expeditions have been canceled to assist in recovery operations. bit.ly/4fsmZ3O

It’s UK publication day! Today my book on the colonial roots of French theory is officially out with @politybooks.bsky.social. Thanks for the wonderful blurbs from @stuartelden.bsky.social, @juliango.bsky.social, Adam Rosenthal, and Joachim Whaley. (US publication date: October 6th)

Onur Erdur@onurerdur.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Out in July! "School of the South: The Colonial Roots of French Theory". More details & pre-orders here: www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b... @politybooks.bsky.social

Betsy Sherman on "The Girl in the Snow" in the @mfaboston.bsky.social's French Film Festival. In the film, a turn-of-the-century schoolteacher’s idealism collides with alpine tradition—and the land itself—in a beguiling, sensorially rich debut. artsfuse.org/332263/film-...

Film Review: Enlightenment Meets the Mountain in Louise Hémon’s "The Girl in the Snow" - The Arts Fuse

A turn-of-the-century schoolteacher’s idealism collides with alpine tradition—and the land itself—in a beguiling, sensorially rich debut.

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'World-renowned climber Nirmal Purja among 10 struck by avalanche on Pakistan mountain'. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

World-renowned climber Nirmal Purja among 10 struck by avalanche on Pakistan mountain

Rescuers say four bodies found in search for team caught in Broad Peak avalanche, after trackers showed rapid descent

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🧭💷 #ResearchFunding opportunity! The Kensington Fieldwork Grant will award 4 grants of £25k for impactful field research & expeditions. Open to researchers, explorers & storytellers worldwide. 🗓 Deadline: 8 Jan 2027 🔗 buff.ly/vrcUMYx #OurChangingMountains #ResearchGrant

Broad Peak Avalanche: Four Bodies Found, Helicopters Search for Other Six. explorersweb.com/broad-peak-a...

Broad Peak Avalanche: Four Bodies Found, Helicopters Search for Other Six » Explorersweb

Two bodies have been identified. Meanwhile, outfitter Karakorum Expeditions reports movement on one of its climbers' trackers, raising hope of survival.

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'Pappas said by far the biggest threat to the site was forest fires exacerbated by climate breakdown...' shorturl.at/2ZFMb #Olympus #Greece #Mountains #Pyrocene #UNESCO @mountainsofgreece.bsky.social @staclassics.bsky.social @profpitches.bsky.social

‘No time to waste’: Greece bids for Mount Olympus to be included on Unesco list of world heritage sites

Officials have long lobbied for peak that rises 2,918 metres above sea level to be given coveted designation

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Liverpool University Press@livunipress.bsky.social · last wk.

We're pleased to share that Humanities Forward: Opportunity, Innovation, Policy in the 21st Century is now available #OpenAccess. This new collection brings together scholars and practitioners who have developed innovative responses to the challenges facing the #Humanities. bit.ly/HumanitiesFo...

🪨❄️ Hidden in plain sight: rock glaciers. A new study shows these debris-covered ice bodies are remaining far more stable than traditional #glaciers, helping keep #mountain streams cool & providing important #climate refugia for freshwater species. 🔗 bit.ly/RockGlaciers... #OurChangingMountains

4 new AOP articles! In 'Unity in Diversity?', Patrick Kupper and Jana Piňosová examine the neglected history of Habsburg nature conservation in the larger context of early 20th century European conservation. doi.org/10.3828/whpe... #envhist #history

What is better than polar ephemera? Excellent article by @sarahmpicks.bsky.social

Sarah Pickman@sarahmpicks.bsky.social · last wk.

Excited that my article on collecting polar exploration ephemera is live, part of the special issue “Crossings in Polar Art History” for the journal Art History. Thanks to issue editors @issygapp.bsky.social and Mark Cheetham and everyone who spoke to me for this piece, incl. @tchotchke.bsky.social!

The weaponization of the sacred mountain... #Everest #Chomolungma #Tibet #Himalaya #UAV www.scmp.com/news/china/d...

New peak in US-China tech rivalry? Tibet drone hub launches on Mount Everest

Centre’s establishment represents Beijing’s first research and application platform dedicated to drones operating at high altitudes.

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Martha Feldman, Castrato Phantoms: Moreschi, Fellini, and the Sacred Vernacular in Rome, Zone Books 2026. www.zonebooks.org/books/259-ca...

Entire Cairngorms village evacuated as raging wildfire nears #Climate

Entire Cairngorms village evacuated as raging wildfire nears

Major incident declared over blaze which started 11 days ago as wind strengthens

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'Pappas said by far the biggest threat to the site was forest fires exacerbated by climate breakdown...' shorturl.at/2ZFMb #Olympus #Greece #Mountains #Pyrocene #UNESCO @mountainsofgreece.bsky.social @staclassics.bsky.social @profpitches.bsky.social

‘No time to waste’: Greece bids for Mount Olympus to be included on Unesco list of world heritage sites

Officials have long lobbied for peak that rises 2,918 metres above sea level to be given coveted designation

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Joanna Nawrotkiewicz writes, "For Beijing, the #RussianFarEast offers resources, transportation corridors, #Arctic access, and opportunities to support the revitalization of northeast #China through cross-border connectivity and export markets." strategicspace.nbr.org/the-northern...