Rachel Field
@rachelfield2.bsky.social
Science, technology, and mathematics editor at @harvardpress.bsky.social
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Great to join @miquai.bsky.social and the folks at @carnegiescience.bsky.social this morning to talk about Ripples on the Cosmic Ocean and, among other things, the existential risk of #SolarStorms. Check out Mike’s forthcoming book - an argument for a new force of nature! #Space
November 13, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Great to join @miquai.bsky.social and the folks at @carnegiescience.bsky.social this morning to talk about Ripples on the Cosmic Ocean and, among other things, the existential risk of #SolarStorms. Check out Mike’s forthcoming book - an argument for a new force of nature! #Space
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I love publishing with @aeon.co. In this article, come for the UAPs (!), stay for the Martian canal-builders - and the history of how they changed our ideas about the environment, our future, and our place in the universe. #EnvHist #Aliens #Mars #History aeon.co/essays/in-th...
In the late 1800s alien ‘engineers’ altered our world forever | Aeon Essays
Images of vast ‘canals’ rippling across the red planet inspired fears of alien ‘engineers’ and changed science forever
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November 4, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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Three new interviews about the #EnvHist of outer space and climate change!
It was an absolute delight to chat about "Ripples on the Cosmic Ocean" with Sarah Al-Ahmed at Planetary Radio, one of my favorite podcasts. Check it out here: www.planetary.org/planetary-ra... (1/3)
It was an absolute delight to chat about "Ripples on the Cosmic Ocean" with Sarah Al-Ahmed at Planetary Radio, one of my favorite podcasts. Check it out here: www.planetary.org/planetary-ra... (1/3)
Ripples on the Cosmic Ocean
Historian Dagomar Degroot joins Planetary Radio to discuss his new book, “Ripples on the Cosmic Ocean: An Environmental History of Our Place in the Solar…
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October 30, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Three new interviews about the #EnvHist of outer space and climate change!
It was an absolute delight to chat about "Ripples on the Cosmic Ocean" with Sarah Al-Ahmed at Planetary Radio, one of my favorite podcasts. Check it out here: www.planetary.org/planetary-ra... (1/3)
It was an absolute delight to chat about "Ripples on the Cosmic Ocean" with Sarah Al-Ahmed at Planetary Radio, one of my favorite podcasts. Check it out here: www.planetary.org/planetary-ra... (1/3)
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In 1859, a solar storm of staggering power revealed that while technological progress had provided new powers over environments on Earth, it had also created vulnerabilities to environments in space. Read more in this excerpt from Ripples on the Cosmic Ocean! #EnvHist lithub.com/on-the-19th-...
On the 19th-Century Scientist Who Realized Solar Storms Influence Life on Earth
When thirty-three-year-old Richard Carrington settled down to sketch sunspots on the morning of September 1, 1859, he could not have known that he was about to witness the most important change eve…
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October 27, 2025 at 3:04 PM
In 1859, a solar storm of staggering power revealed that while technological progress had provided new powers over environments on Earth, it had also created vulnerabilities to environments in space. Read more in this excerpt from Ripples on the Cosmic Ocean! #EnvHist lithub.com/on-the-19th-...
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My new book, "Ripples on the Cosmic Ocean," was published today! And here's a new article in @theconversation.com that explains how #solarstorms have influenced #history, and may threaten our future. Spoiler: it's really not a good idea to cut science at NASA. theconversation.com/solar-storms...
Solar storms have influenced our history – an environmental historian explains how they could also threaten our future
From communications outages to a brush with nuclear war, solar events like flares and coronal mass ejections have shaped human history.
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October 28, 2025 at 5:07 PM
My new book, "Ripples on the Cosmic Ocean," was published today! And here's a new article in @theconversation.com that explains how #solarstorms have influenced #history, and may threaten our future. Spoiler: it's really not a good idea to cut science at NASA. theconversation.com/solar-storms...
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Tomorrow morning EST: I'm doing a Reddit AMA with r/AskHistorians and r/AskScience. I'll answer any and all questions about #ClimateChange, space history, environmental history, and anything else people want to talk about - including "Ripples on the Cosmic Ocean," my next book. #EnvHist
October 23, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Tomorrow morning EST: I'm doing a Reddit AMA with r/AskHistorians and r/AskScience. I'll answer any and all questions about #ClimateChange, space history, environmental history, and anything else people want to talk about - including "Ripples on the Cosmic Ocean," my next book. #EnvHist
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📣 Calling all map nerds! In today’s podcast, we’re exploring how math helps us map the world. Now, we want to hear from you. Follow this link to share your favorite map—whether beautiful or bizarre—with SciFri, and stay tuned on social to see a roundup of submissions: buff.ly/QInsQ69
October 16, 2025 at 9:35 PM
📣 Calling all map nerds! In today’s podcast, we’re exploring how math helps us map the world. Now, we want to hear from you. Follow this link to share your favorite map—whether beautiful or bizarre—with SciFri, and stay tuned on social to see a roundup of submissions: buff.ly/QInsQ69
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What can be used to track epidemics, catch criminals, and calculate the deepest depths of the ocean floor? A map, of course! Journey with us through the mathematics at the heart of all sorts of maps. 🗺️
How Math Helps Us Map The World
In "Mapmatics," a mathematician tells the stories of how math helps us track epidemics, map the seafloor, and plot a complex delivery route.
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October 16, 2025 at 4:22 PM
What can be used to track epidemics, catch criminals, and calculate the deepest depths of the ocean floor? A map, of course! Journey with us through the mathematics at the heart of all sorts of maps. 🗺️
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Today @dagomardegroot.bsky.social makes a case for an Environmental History that spans the cosmos.
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#envhist #space #cosmos #histsci
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#envhist #space #cosmos #histsci
Something New Around the Sun: The Case for an Environmental History that Spans the Cosmos
Environmental history studies past interactions between humans and nature—expanding from Earth’s ecosystems to the dynamic, interconnected environments of the entire universe.
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October 15, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Today @dagomardegroot.bsky.social makes a case for an Environmental History that spans the cosmos.
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#envhist #space #cosmos #histsci
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#envhist #space #cosmos #histsci
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"Ripples on the Cosmic Ocean," my new book, is out in two weeks! To introduce the book - why I wrote it, the evidence I used, the methods I developed, and why it all matters - I filmed six short videos. Here's the first! (1/3) #EnvHist #Space #Astronomy #History www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8o1...
Ripples on the Cosmic Ocean: Origins
YouTube video by Dagomar Degroot
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October 14, 2025 at 5:58 PM
"Ripples on the Cosmic Ocean," my new book, is out in two weeks! To introduce the book - why I wrote it, the evidence I used, the methods I developed, and why it all matters - I filmed six short videos. Here's the first! (1/3) #EnvHist #Space #Astronomy #History www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8o1...
@publisherswkly.bsky.social reviews Jennifer Vail's Friction: A Biography. @harvardpress.bsky.social
"[E]ye-opening ... Readers will be inspired to start noticing how this hidden force shapes the world around them."
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"[E]ye-opening ... Readers will be inspired to start noticing how this hidden force shapes the world around them."
www.publishersweekly.com/9780674290662
Friction: A Biography by Jennifer R Vail
Mechanical engineer Vail, who specializes in the study of friction, argues in this convincing debut survey that the force is imp...
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October 16, 2025 at 10:27 PM
@publisherswkly.bsky.social reviews Jennifer Vail's Friction: A Biography. @harvardpress.bsky.social
"[E]ye-opening ... Readers will be inspired to start noticing how this hidden force shapes the world around them."
www.publishersweekly.com/9780674290662
"[E]ye-opening ... Readers will be inspired to start noticing how this hidden force shapes the world around them."
www.publishersweekly.com/9780674290662
Listen to Paulina Rowińska discuss her book Mapmatics: A Mathematician's Guide to Navigating the World with Ira Platow on @scifri.bsky.social!
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How Math Helps Us Map The World
In "Mapmatics," a mathematician tells the stories of how math helps us track epidemics, map the seafloor, and plot a complex delivery route.
www.sciencefriday.com
October 16, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Listen to Paulina Rowińska discuss her book Mapmatics: A Mathematician's Guide to Navigating the World with Ira Platow on @scifri.bsky.social!
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Jane Goodall was a global legend at the forefront of discovery — breaking through barriers for women in primatology, science, and beyond.
Her curiosity, strength, and kindness changed the world, bridging countries and cultures in pursuit of a better future.
Her curiosity, strength, and kindness changed the world, bridging countries and cultures in pursuit of a better future.
October 1, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Jane Goodall was a global legend at the forefront of discovery — breaking through barriers for women in primatology, science, and beyond.
Her curiosity, strength, and kindness changed the world, bridging countries and cultures in pursuit of a better future.
Her curiosity, strength, and kindness changed the world, bridging countries and cultures in pursuit of a better future.
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It's finally in my hands! @harvardpress.bsky.social did such a wonderful job with the jacket. It's available for preorder, and will ship (to anyone in the US or Canada) on October 28th. #EnvHist #Astronomy #Space
September 29, 2025 at 6:38 PM
It's finally in my hands! @harvardpress.bsky.social did such a wonderful job with the jacket. It's available for preorder, and will ship (to anyone in the US or Canada) on October 28th. #EnvHist #Astronomy #Space
Beautiful spread of an excerpt from THE COLOR OF NORTH in the next issue of Discovery Magazine. @harvardpress.bsky.social
August 29, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Beautiful spread of an excerpt from THE COLOR OF NORTH in the next issue of Discovery Magazine. @harvardpress.bsky.social
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📅 Mon. 9/15 @ 6PM: We join the CPL and Harvard Library in welcoming Shahir S. Rizk and Maggie M. Fink for a discussion of their new book "The Color of North: The Molecular Language of Proteins and the Future of Life". Learn more and RSVP for free here: buff.ly/oLitRG0
August 21, 2025 at 1:01 PM
📅 Mon. 9/15 @ 6PM: We join the CPL and Harvard Library in welcoming Shahir S. Rizk and Maggie M. Fink for a discussion of their new book "The Color of North: The Molecular Language of Proteins and the Future of Life". Learn more and RSVP for free here: buff.ly/oLitRG0
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Another positive pre-publication review for my next book, "Ripples on the Cosmic Ocean," this time from Publisher's Weekly. The book debuts on October 28th! #EnvHist #Astronomy #Environment www.publishersweekly.com/9780674986503
Ripples on the Cosmic Ocean: An Environmental History of Our Place in the Solar System by Dagomar deGroot
Georgetown University environmental history professor Degroot (The Frigid Golden Age), offers a captivating examination of how h...
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July 28, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Another positive pre-publication review for my next book, "Ripples on the Cosmic Ocean," this time from Publisher's Weekly. The book debuts on October 28th! #EnvHist #Astronomy #Environment www.publishersweekly.com/9780674986503
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A Kirkus starred review for my next book, "Ripples on the Cosmic Ocean." Look for it in October! #Astronomy #Space #Environment #History www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...
RIPPLES ON THE COSMIC OCEAN | Kirkus Reviews
Taking the wide view.
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July 3, 2025 at 5:30 PM
A Kirkus starred review for my next book, "Ripples on the Cosmic Ocean." Look for it in October! #Astronomy #Space #Environment #History www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...
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In my forthcoming book, "Ripples on the Cosmic Ocean," I show that what happens in space matters on Earth—and what happens on Earth increasingly matters in space. In this interview with Harvard University Press, I reflect on the implications of that idea. #EnvHist www.hup.harvard.edu/features/the...
The Final Frontier is Closer Than You Think — Harvard University Press
How cosmic forces have shaped—and continue to shape—our world. We are creatures of the cosmos, whether we realize it or not, argues environmental historian Dagomar Degroot. His captivating new book “R...
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August 1, 2025 at 2:52 PM
In my forthcoming book, "Ripples on the Cosmic Ocean," I show that what happens in space matters on Earth—and what happens on Earth increasingly matters in space. In this interview with Harvard University Press, I reflect on the implications of that idea. #EnvHist www.hup.harvard.edu/features/the...
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Delighted to see this new review of "Ripples on the Cosmic Ocean," a book that pulls "earthlings out of their complacency to recognize the precarity of their position amid ongoing cosmic dramas." Now available for pre-order! #Space #EnvHist www.forewordreviews.com/reviews/ripp...
August 26, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Delighted to see this new review of "Ripples on the Cosmic Ocean," a book that pulls "earthlings out of their complacency to recognize the precarity of their position amid ongoing cosmic dramas." Now available for pre-order! #Space #EnvHist www.forewordreviews.com/reviews/ripp...