scholarly journals ‘Age of Lovecraft’?—Anthropocene Monsters in (New) Weird Narrative

Nordlit ◽  
2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gry Ulstein
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Global Climate Change ◽  
Global Climate ◽  
Graphic Novels ◽  
Contemporary Literature ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
First Century ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Weird Fiction ◽  
Twenty First Century

This paper considers whether the twenty-first-century resurgence of H. P. Lovecraft and weird fiction can be read as a conceptual parallel to the Anthropocene epoch, taking Carl H. Sederholm and Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock’s The Age of Lovecraft as a starting-point. The assumption is that the two ‘ages’ are historically and thematically linked through the ‘monsters’ that inhabit them; monsters that include—but are not limited to—extensions, reproductions, and evolutions of Lovecraft’s writings. Preoccupied with environmental issues such as global climate change, the twenty-first-century imaginary has conjured monsters that appear to have much in common with early twentieth-century cosmic horror stories. Considering the renewed interest in Lovecraft and the weird, such developments raise the question: What can (weird) monsters tell us about the Anthropocene moment? This paper maps the ‘monstrous’ in the discourses emerging from the Anthropocene epoch and ‘The Age of Lovecraft’ by considering (new) weird narratives from contemporary literature, graphic novels, film, TV, and video games. Mindful of on-going discussions within ecocriticism, philosophy, and critical theory, the paper discusses a handful of unconventional texts to investigate the potential of the weird for expressing Anthropocene anxieties and for approaching nonhuman realities from new angles.

Implications of global climate change for snowmelt hydrology in the twenty-first century

2009 ◽  
Vol 23 (7) ◽  
pp. 962-972 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer C. Adam ◽  
Alan F. Hamlet ◽  
Dennis P. Lettenmaier
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Global Climate Change ◽  
Global Climate ◽  
First Century ◽  
Twenty First Century

scholarly journals Only the Voice of the Other: Science, Power, and Diversity’s Revolt in the Museum—A Manifesto of Sorts

2014 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-54
Author(s):  
W. Warner Wood
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Global Climate Change ◽  
Environmental Science ◽  
Global Climate ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
The Other ◽  
Natural History Museums ◽  
History Museums ◽  
Museum Professionals ◽  
The Voice

While the importance of including diverse perspectives in museum programming has received considerable attention in the cultural realm, the same cannot be said for environmental science topics. In science and natural history museums, exhibitions on issues such as global climate change and loss of biodiversity are frequently narrowly defined in relation to an equally narrow perception of what constitutes environmental science. Because the facts of science in museums are still largely told by science curators, the voices of non-scientists are largely absent on such issues. As museum professionals, we must work to ensure that a diversity of perspectives is represented on environmental issues in our museums and on the capacity of our publics to participate in the presentation of environmental topics. We must support the public’s collective “power-to” (as John Holloway has termed it) have a voice in environmental programming.

scholarly journals Projected Response of Tropical Cyclone Intensity and Intensification in a Global Climate Model

2018 ◽  
Vol 31 (20) ◽  
pp. 8281-8303 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kieran Bhatia ◽  
Gabriel Vecchi ◽  
Hiroyuki Murakami ◽  
Seth Underwood ◽  
James Kossin
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Radiative Forcing ◽  
Climate Models ◽  
Control Experiment ◽  
Climate Model ◽  
Global Climate ◽  
Global Climate Model ◽  
First Century ◽  
Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory ◽  
Twenty First Century

As one of the first global coupled climate models to simulate and predict category 4 and 5 (Saffir–Simpson scale) tropical cyclones (TCs) and their interannual variations, the High-Resolution Forecast-Oriented Low Ocean Resolution (HiFLOR) model at the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL) represents a novel source of insight on how the entire TC intensification distribution could be transformed because of climate change. In this study, three 70-yr HiFLOR experiments are performed to identify the effects of climate change on TC intensity and intensification. For each of the experiments, sea surface temperature (SST) is nudged to different climatological targets and atmospheric radiative forcing is specified, allowing us to explore the sensitivity of TCs to these conditions. First, a control experiment, which uses prescribed climatological ocean and radiative forcing based on observations during the years 1986–2005, is compared to two observational records and evaluated for its ability to capture the mean TC behavior during these years. The simulated intensification distributions as well as the percentage of TCs that become major hurricanes show similarities with observations. The control experiment is then compared to two twenty-first-century experiments, in which the climatological SSTs from the control experiment are perturbed by multimodel projected SST anomalies and atmospheric radiative forcing from either 2016–35 or 2081–2100 (RCP4.5 scenario). The frequency, intensity, and intensification distribution of TCs all shift to higher values as the twenty-first century progresses. HiFLOR’s unique response to climate change and fidelity in simulating the present climate lays the groundwork for future studies involving models of this type.

scholarly journals Impacts of Projected Climate Change over the Lake Champlain Basin in Vermont

2014 ◽  
Vol 53 (8) ◽  
pp. 1861-1875 ◽  
Author(s):  
Justin Guilbert ◽  
Brian Beckage ◽  
Jonathan M. Winter ◽  
Radley M. Horton ◽  
Timothy Perkins ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
General Circulation ◽  
Global Climate ◽  
Coupled Model ◽  
General Circulation Models ◽  
First Century ◽  
Lake Champlain ◽  
Maple Syrup ◽  
Twenty First Century ◽  
Precipitation And Temperature

AbstractThe Lake Champlain basin is a critical ecological and socioeconomic resource of the northeastern United States and southern Quebec, Canada. While general circulation models (GCMs) provide an overview of climate change in the region, they lack the spatial and temporal resolution necessary to fully anticipate the effects of rising global temperatures associated with increasing greenhouse gas concentrations. Observed trends in precipitation and temperature were assessed across the Lake Champlain basin to bridge the gap between global climate change and local impacts. Future shifts in precipitation and temperature were evaluated as well as derived indices, including maple syrup production, days above 32.2°C (90°F), and snowfall, relevant to managing the natural and human environments in the region. Four statistically downscaled, bias-corrected GCM simulations were evaluated from the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project phase 5 (CMIP5) forced by two representative concentration pathways (RCPs) to sample the uncertainty in future climate simulations. Precipitation is projected to increase by between 9.1 and 12.8 mm yr−1 decade−1 during the twenty-first century while daily temperatures are projected to increase between 0.43° and 0.49°C decade−1. Annual snowfall at six major ski resorts in the region is projected to decrease between 46.9% and 52.4% by the late twenty-first century. In the month of July, the number of days above 32.2°C in Burlington, Vermont, is projected to increase by over 10 days during the twenty-first century.

scholarly journals Environmental Physics: An Introduction

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew N. O. Sadiku ◽  
Tolulope J. Ashaolu ◽  
Abayomi Ajayi-Majebi ◽  
Sarhan M. Musa
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Global Climate Change ◽  
Global Climate ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
Environmental Stewardship ◽  
Natural Phenomena ◽  
Environmental Processes ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Environmental Physics

Physics is essential for understanding natural phenomena. It provides a basis for understanding the impact of humans on the environment. This understanding is essential for environmental stewardship. Environmental physics is essentially the applications of the principles of physics to environmental processes and problems. Environmental physicists use the principles and techniques of physics to study the earth’s environment. They have made significant contributions to understanding global climate change and other environmental issues. This paper provides an introduction to environmental physics.

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