Resources
This project was a culmination of storytelling and environmental research. If you want to learn out more, here’s some recommendations:
(For more information about the terms used in the podcast, the glossary can be found here
Mythology:
The Illustrated Book of Myths Tales & Legends of the World Retold by Neil Philip
Norse:
Snorri Sturluson’s The Prose Edda translated by Jesse L. Bylock
Gaiman, Neil. Norse Mythology. United States, W. W. Norton, 2017.
Greek:
Apollonius Rhodius’ The Argonautica translated by R.C. Seaton
Hesiod’s Homeric Hymns, Epic Cycle, Homerica translated by H G. Evelyn-White
Homer’s Odyssey translated by Emily Wilson
Homer’s Iliad translated by Caroline Alexander
Ovid's Fasti translated by Anne and Peter Wiseman
Ovid’s Heroides and Amores translated by Grant Showerman
Ovid’s Metamorphoses translated by Stephanie McCarter
Grief Lessons, four plays by Euripides translated by Anne Carson (Highly Recommend)
Virgil’s Aeneid translated by Sarah Ruden
Climate Change:
Arts of Living on a Damaged Planet: Ghosts and Monsters of the Anthropocene. United States, University of Minnesota Press, 2017.
‘I’ve Seen Several Giants Die on My Land’ by Lily Houston Smith
The World As We Knew It: Dispatches From a Changing Climate Edited by Amy Brady and Tajja Isen
https://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/blog/what-nature-can-teach-us-about-resiliency/
https://truthout.org/audio/we-are-living-in-a-climate-emergency-why-doesnt-nature-have-legal-rights/
Permafrost:
Arctic permafrost is thawing rapidly. It affects us all | CNN
Viruses in permafrost: Scientists have revived a 'zombie' virus that spent 48,500 years frozen | CNN
https://arctic.noaa.gov/report-card/report-card-2023/
Biskaborn, B. K., and Coauthors, 2019: Permafrost is warming at a global scale. Nat. Commun., 10(1), 264, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-08240-4.
McCrystall, M.R., Stroeve, J., Serreze, M. et al. New climate models reveal faster and larger increases in Arctic precipitation than previously projected. Nat Commun 12, 6765 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-27031-y
Schuur, E. A. G., and Coauthors, 2015: Climate change and the permafrost carbon feedback. Nature, 520, 171-179, https://doi.org/10.1038/nature14338.
Wrigley, Charlotte. Earth, Ice, Bone, Blood: Permafrost and Extinction in the Russian Arctic. United States, University of Minnesota Press, 2023.
https://arctic.noaa.gov/report-card/report-card-2019/permafrost-and-the-global-carbon-cycle/
https://arctic.noaa.gov/report-card/report-card-2021/glacier-and-permafrost-hazards/
Algae Blooms:
Agathokleous, E., Peñuelas, J., Azevedo, R. A., Rillig, M. C., Sun, H., & Calabrese, E. J. (2022). Low levels of contaminants stimulate harmful algal organisms and enrich their toxins. Environmental Science & Technology, 56(17), 11991–12002. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.2c02763
Anderson, D. M., Fachon, E., Pickart, R. S., Lin, P., Fischer, A. D., Richlen, M. L., Uva, V., Brosnahan, M. L., McRaven, L., Bahr, F., Lefebvre, K., Grebmeier, J. M., Danielson, S. L., Lyu, Y., & Fukai, Y. (2021). Evidence for massive and recurrent toxic blooms of alexandrium catenella in the Alaskan Arctic. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 118(41). https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2107387118
Cressey, D. Climate change is making algal blooms worse. Nature (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature.2017.21884
Ho, J.C., Michalak, A.M. & Pahlevan, N. Widespread global increase in intense lake phytoplankton blooms since the 1980s. Nature 574, 667–670 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-019-1648-7
Klemm, K., Cembella, A., Clarke, D., Cusack, C., Arneborg, L., Karlson, B., Liu, Y., Naustvoll, L., Siano, R., Gran-Stadniczeñko, S., & John, U. (2022). Apparent biogeographical trends in Alexandrium blooms for Northern Europe: Identifying links to climate change and effective adaptive actions. Harmful Algae, 119, 102335. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hal.2022.102335
https://www.npr.org/2018/09/03/641606668/as-climate-warms-algae-blooms-in-drinking-water-supplies#:~:text=Oregon%20Public%20Broadcasting-,A%20toxic%20algae%20bloom%20in%20Oregon's%20Detroit%20Lake%20caused%20havoc,to%20test%20for%20algae%20toxins.&text=The%20vague%20warning%20jolted%20citizens,to%20attention%20on%20May%2029.
https://hab.whoi.edu/response/
https://eos.org/articles/toxic-algal-blooms-are-worsening-with-climate-change
https://www.nasa.gov/missions/aqua/downstream-consequences-how-nasa-satellites-track-harmful-algal-blooms/
Storytelling:
Hollow Places: An Unusual History of Land and Legend by Christopher Hadley
If This Is Your Land, Where Are Your Stories?: Finding Common Ground by J. Edward Chamberlin
The Tale-tellers A Short Study of Humankind By Nancy Huston
The Beached Whale by Vrinda Baliga http://www.hoppermag.org/the-beached-whale
https://www.americansforthearts.org/sites/default/files/story-guide-second-edition3.pdf