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environmental history, the study of human interaction with the natural world over time.
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History of agriculture in India
History (derived ) is the systematic study and the documentation of the human activity. The time period of event before the invention of writing systems is considered prehistory. "History" is an umbrella term comprising past events as well ...
(from ancient times)
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History of agriculture in the People's Republic of China (from ancient times)
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History of agriculture in the United States
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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.Robert BenfordThe Anti-nuclear Movement (book review)''American Journal of Sociology'', Vol. 89, No. 6, (May 1984), pp. 1456 ...
(from before 1945)
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History of the bicycle (from 1817 with archetype)
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History of biotechnology
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History of climate change science (from the early 19th century)
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History of coal mining The history of coal mining goes back thousands of years, with early mines documented in ancient China, the Roman Empire and other early historical economies. It became important in the Industrial Revolution of the 19th and 20th centuries, when it wa ...
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History of coal mining in the United States
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History of cycling
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History of cycling in New Zealand
The bicycle originally reached New Zealand in the 1860s in the form of the velocipede, also known as the 'boneshaker'. These bikes, as elsewhere, soon evolved into the elegant 'high wheelers', known today as penny-farthings. Popular among wealt ...
(from the 1860s)
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History of the diesel car
Diesel engines began to be used in automobiles in the 1930s. Mainly used for commercial applications early on, they did not gain popularity for passenger travel until their development in Europe in the 1950s. After reaching a peak in popularity w ...
(from 1933)
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History of electric power transmission (from the late 19th century)
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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 wide-scale industrial and commercial power services spread across the country in the 1880s. (from the late 19th century)
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History of electricity supply in Queensland
The provision of electricity in Queensland (Australia's second largest state in terms of physical area) required a considerable degree of pioneering, innovation, and commitment. Queensland proved to be a pioneer in the supply of electricity sect ...
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History of the electric vehicle
Practical electric vehicles appeared during the 1890s. An electric vehicle held the vehicular land speed record until around 1900. In the 20th century, the high cost, low top speed, and short-range of battery electric vehicles, compared to int ...
(from the mid-19th century)
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History of ethanol fuel in Brazil (from the 1970s)
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History of flooding in Canada The history of flooding in Canada includes floods caused by snowmelt runoff or freshet flooding, storm-rainfall and " flash flooding", ice jams during ice formation and spring break-up, natural dams, coastal flooding on ocean or lake coasts from ...
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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.
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(from 1944)
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History of the jet engine
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History of manufactured gas (from the 18th century)
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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 ...
(from the 1980s)
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History of nuclear weapons (from the 1930s)
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History of numerical weather prediction (from 1950)
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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 ...
(from the mid-19th century)
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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.
Background
The technology of oil transportation has evolved alongside the oil industry. Although use of oil reaches to pre ...
(since 1863?)
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History of organic farming
Traditional farming (of many particular kinds in different eras and places) was the original type of agriculture, and has been practiced for thousands of years. All traditional farming is now considered to be "organic farming" although at the tim ...
(from ancient times)
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History of passive solar building design The passive solar design of buildings includes consideration of their orientation to the sun and their thermal mass, factors which have been incorporated to a greater or lesser extent in vernacular architecture for thousands of years. Ancient Greeks ...
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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. The evolution of the petroleum sector ...
(from the late 1950s?)
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History of the petroleum industry in Canada (frontier exploration and development) (from 1920)
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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 technica ...
(most significantly from 1980)
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History of the petroleum industry in Canada (natural gas liquids) (from 1914)
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History of the petroleum industry in Canada (oil sands and heavy oil) (from 1719)
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History of the petroleum industry in the United States (from the early 19th century)
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History of plug-in hybrids (most significantly from 2002)
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History of rail transport (from nearly 500 years ago) (See also:
:History of rail transport.)
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History of rapid transit
The history of rapid transit began in London with the opening of the Metropolitan Railway, which is now part of the London Underground, in 1863. By World War I, electric underground railways were being used in Athens, Berlin, Boston, Buenos Air ...
(from 1863)
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History of road transport
The history of road transport started with the development of tracks by humans and their beast of burden.
Antiquity
The first forms of road transport were horses, oxen carrying goods over tracks that often followed game trails, such as the Nat ...
(from ancient times)
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History of Statoil (1972–2007)
Statoil ASA was a Norwegian petroleum company established in 1972. It merged with the oil and gas division of Norsk Hydro in 2007 and was known as StatoilHydro until 2009, when the name was changed back to Statoil ASA. The brand Statoil was r ...
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History of the steam engine (from the first century CE)
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History of steam road vehicles (experimentally from the 17th century)
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History of sustainability The history of environmental pollution traces human-dominated ecological systems from the earliest civilizations to the present day. This history is characterized by the increased regional success of a particular society, followed by crises that wer ...
(from the earliest civilizations)
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History of the Venezuelan oil industry
Venezuela has the world's largest proven oil reserves at an estimated 304 billion barrels (18% of global reserves) as of 2020. The country was one of the world's largest exporters of oil, but the oil industry saw a significant decline since it ...
(from before European colonization)
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History of waste management __NOTOC__
Early history
Waste has always been generated by humans. In areas with low population density waste generation may have been negligible. In higher population areas even largely biodegradable waste had to be dealt with. Sometimes this was ...
(from ancient times)
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History of water filters The history of water filters can be traced to the earliest civilisations with written records. Water filters have been used throughout history to improve the safety and aesthetics of water intended to be used for drinking or bathing. In modern times ...
(from ancient times)
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History of water fluoridation
Water fluoridation is the controlled adjustment of fluoride to a water supply, public water supply solely to reduce tooth decay. Fluoridated water contains fluoride at a level that is effective for preventing cavities; this can occur naturally ...
(from c. 1901, with research on cause Colorado brown stain)
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History of water supply and sanitation (from ancient times)
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History of wildfire suppression in the United States
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Environmental history of Latin America
The environmental history of Latin America has become the focus of a number of scholars, starting in the later years of the twentieth century. But historians earlier than that recognized that the environment played a major role in the region's his ...
Timelines
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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.
* Ethanol was first isolated from wine in approximately 1100 and was found to burn shortl ...
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Timeline of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill
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Timeline of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill (May 2010)
Following is a Timeline of the ''Deepwater Horizon'' oil spill for May 2010.
Before May 1
May
May 1–5
*May 1
:*Two military C-130 Hercules aircraft were employed to spray oil dispersant.
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Timeline of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill (June 2010)
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Timeline of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill (July 2010)
Following is a timeline of the ''Deepwater Horizon'' oil spill for July 2010 .
Events prior to June
June 2010
July 1–5
*July 1
** Total estimated discharge since the start reaches – topping Ixtoc I oil spill that was the previous bigge ...
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Timeline of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill (August 2010)
Following is a timeline of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, ''Deepwater Horizon'' oil spill for August 2010 .
July
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 e ...
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Timeline of environmental events
This timeline lists events in the external environment that have influenced events in human history. This timeline is for use with the article on environmental determinism.
For the history of humanity's influence on the environment, and humanity ...
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Timeline of environmental history
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Timeline of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster
Fukushima Daiichi is a multi- reactor nuclear power site in the Fukushima Prefecture of Japan. A nuclear disaster occurred there after a 9.0 magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami on 11 March 2011.
The earthquake triggered a scram shu ...
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Timeline of the Fukushima Daini nuclear accidents
The is a nuclear power plant located on a site in the town of Naraha and Tomioka in the Futaba District of Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. The Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) runs the plant.
After the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, ...
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Timeline of genetically modified organisms
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Timeline of history of environmentalism
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Timeline of Minamata disease
The following is a timeline of key events related to Minamata disease:
References
"Minamata Disease: The History and Measures" The Ministry of the Environment, (2002), retrieved 17 January 2007"Minamata Disease Archives" by the National ...
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Timeline of the New Zealand environment
This is a timeline of environmental history of New Zealand. It includes notable events affecting the natural environment of New Zealand as a result of human activity.
Pre 1700s
14th century-
*Arrival of Māori who brought with them the kiore r ...
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Timeline of nuclear weapons development
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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 earthquake with an epicentre just offshore of the Maule Region, see Maule, Chile.
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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 ...
Environmental history books
Miscellaneous topics
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:Environment by year
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Growth of photovoltaics
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Instrumental temperature record
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List of years in the environment
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Table of years in the environment
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Temperature record of the past 1000 years
The temperature record of the last 2,000 years is reconstructed using data from climate proxy records in conjunction with the modern instrumental temperature record which only covers the last 170 years at a global scale. Large-scale reconstructi ...
Gallery
File:Oil consumption per day by region from 1980 to 2006 solid2.svg, Oil consumption per day by region from 1980 to 2006
File:Biodiversity Hotspots 2015.svg, Biodiversity hotspots
See also
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:Environment by year
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Lists of environmental topics
The natural environment, commonly referred to simply as the environment, is all living and non-living things that occur naturally on Earth or some part of it (e.g. the natural environment in a country). This includes complete ecological units th ...
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References
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External links
''Environmental History''(scholarly journal)
Environmentalhistory.org(timeline)
American Society for Environmental HistoryEnvironmental History ResourcesHistorical Topics , US EPAJSTOR: All Volumes and Issues - Browse - Environmental History
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