On the southern shore of the Strait of Hormuz, the Musandam Peninsula feels alternately like it is at both the center & edge of the world, @scotterich.bsky.social reports during his visit in 2015. Some of his fears have since come to pass: compass.icwa.org/p/at-both-ce...
Time and Water coming to NYC May 1st! Opening film of the Margaret Mead Film Festival. www.amnh.org/explore/marg...
True mariners who can read a map this is your time to shine
You know how important Ras Laffan is when industry insiders are using words like “Armageddon” and “apocalypse” …for the markets
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So very brilliant Henry, can't wait!
“The region’s monarchies are often described as petro-states, but they have also become what I call saltwater kingdoms, global superpowers in the production of human-made fresh water drawn from the sea.”
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For years we’ve heard about how Iran might close the Strait of Hormuz; now we have seen that only Capital could do such a thing
Earlier video from an Omani seafarer shows dozens of ships offshore from Fujairah, waiting
Marine Traffic map showing the Strait of Hormuz and ships clustered to its immediate north and south
A few gutsy ships going through the Strait of Hormuz, most are anchored in the Gulf of Oman off the ports of Khor Fakkan and Fujairah
People talk about sleepwalking into a war. This is a case of Trump, Bibi, et al daydreaming into a war. One that will be a nightmare for millions of people
No war with Iran!
An open letter from scholars and activists
“Harvard for me but not for thee”
OK, marshaling China's rust-bucket deep sea fishing fleet into mysterious geometric formations is kind of brilliant www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
mamdani's doing richard scarry socialism. every time he appears on camera i feel like the little worm in an apple car should be right near by in a lush tableau of municipal services just out of frame
عنبر!
Gould’s “Time’s Arrow, Time’s Cycle” is a fantastic start! And would resonate because you already have the background
They very much would — my next project is in part about geology and deep time so I’ll be calling!
Remind me to have you bring me along next time I come through Exeter!!
Beautiful
Please join the Consortium for the History of Science, Technology, & Medicine's #oceanhist #maritime group today at 1-2:30 CT as we discuss @scotterich.bsky.social's chapter draft "The Subterranean Sea" #envhist #histsci #STS #histSTM
www.chstm.org/group/histor...
Thank you for your message. I am out of the office until further notice because I am rebuilding my entire intellectual life around Émile Zola’s “Germinal”
@kristianulrichsen.bsky.social also has one coming out in August that will no doubt be great: www.hurstpublishers.com/book/kingdom...
Really looking forward to hearing the amazing papers at our conference 'The Geological Imagination in the Long Nineteenth Century' (Huntington, LA)
🌊🌊🌊 New on H-Oceans 🌊🌊🌊
Check out @scotterich.bsky.social (Washington College)’s review of Samantha Muka (Stevens Institute of Technology )’s book _Oceans Under Glass: Tank Craft and the Sciences of the Sea_ pub 2023 @uchicagopress.bsky.social
#oceans
Review available @hnetreviews.bsky.social
Extremely overdue new edition of Mariners, Renegades & Castaways coming out this May; this one is an all-timer for me
NEW INVESTIGATION: Israeli forces repeatedly attacked Gaza’s main port in the week following 7 Oct 2023. By Jan 2024, after months of continued attacks, all docked vessels had been rendered non-operational, devastating Gaza’s fishing industry and increasing Palestinian dependence on foreign aid.
opening Goethe to see if this is good or bad
