Pink flowers flourish in a field near a building, exemplifying the Anthropocene.

Climate in the Anthropocene

Mike Hulme |
The idea of climate only makes sense when there is a degree of stability in some set of conditions, whether these be atmospheric, economic, political or moral. When everything is changing and no stable condition is possible — the...
A companion to the Environmental Studies Companion book cover.

Companion to Environmental Studies

Mike Hulme |
This new student reference book has just been published by Routledge, ‘A companion to environmental studies‘, edited by Noel Castree, Jim Proctor and myself.  The book presents a comprehensive and interdisciplinary overview of around 150 key issues, debates, concepts,...
A dirt road in the middle of a climate-induced bushfire.

‘The climate fetish’

Mike Hulme |
Listen to this recent programme from Australian Broadcast Corporation’s weekly radio show ‘Science Friction’ in which I discuss some of the ideas behind my book Weathered and also reflect on the wider framing of the public climate change debate. ...

Cultures of Climate – Sydney, 23 April

Mike Hulme |

As part of the Australian Museum’s HumanNature series of public talks, I shall be speaking on Monday 23 April, at 6pm in the Museum, on the topic ‘Cultures of Climate’.  In this talk, based on my book Weathered: Cultures of Climate, I examine how different cultures give shape and meaning to the idea of climate.  […]