Larrea tridentata, aka creosote bush with flower buds in the Panamint Valley, October 2022. These bushes can be 1000's of years old in some places. #desert #nature #NaturePhotography #OptOutside #outdoors #exploring #explore #panamint #creosote

the smell of chaparral, or greasewood or creosote, in the damp desert washes and arroyos is always intoxicating, but especially this glorious spring! all is well now in the desert, as Lucy can attest
#Sonora #creosote #Lucy #blessed #Springtime

I've definitely reached maximum that's enough no please not any more.

#EnoughIsEnough #WaferThinMint #Creosote 💥 😧

#introduction - Hello, I am a postdoc at the Deutsches Museum in Munich & a lecturer at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology. My broader research interests center on the intersections of #envhist #histtech #histsci #envtech #envjust #envhum.

Most recent books: “The Birth of #Geoengineering. Large-Scale Engineering Projects in the Early Stage of the #Anthropocene” (Wallstein 2021) & “Beyond the Lab and the Field. #Infrastructures as Places of #Knowledge Production” (co-ed. Eike-Christian Heine; Univ. of Pittsburgh Press 2022)

My current project deals with the history of #creosote and railway #maintenance cultures. The material history of this coal tar oil – used until today for wood impregnation of railway ties & utility poles – combines research perspectives from the #histtech (such as on #maintenance and #repair) with #envhist and #materialhistory. Its name is connected today with dozens of contaminated land sites, tons of hazardous waste, and burning #environmentaljustice issues.