Jacob Darwin Hamblin
Historian and author focused on Cold War science and environmental history; featured to discuss his book Arming Mother Nature and research on militarized environmental thinking.
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May 26, 2015 • 36min
Acts of God, Acts of Men: When We Turn Nature into a Weapon
Anna Stitt, a field reporter covering Oklahoma’s surge in human-linked quakes, speaks with residents about damaged homes and daily fear. Jacob Darwin Hamblin, historian of Cold War environmental thought, discusses militarized plans to weaponize nature and how that shaped ecological science. They examine induced earthquakes, disposal wells, and historic military strategies that reframed human impacts on the environment.
