Cholera was a disease that spread through towns and cities in 19th-century England. It was caused by contaminated water or food. Edwin Chadwick was a lawyer who wanted to reform the conditions ...

An exhibition at the Huntington Library, Art Museum and Botanical Gardens explores how Western intellectuals viewed the climate crisis between 1780 and 1930 Anne Wallentine Caught between steel ...

Explore the essential role of waste management, from collection and treatment to disposal, and learn about its impact on ...

It can be read as an allegory to the impact of the First Industrial Revolution on the new world. The First Industrial Revolution heralded production using steam, and the Second saw the usage of ...

The foundations of the modern world were laid by one major event—the industrial revolution. A profusion of new technologies and manufacturing processes, accompanied by innovations in finance and ...

As scientists, entrepreneurs and governments race to develop climate technologies, environmental experts say the world could be on the cusp of a new green industrial revolution. Join Washington ...

Cholera and other diseases spread and their ... This short film looks at the contribution of Irish migrants to Britain’s Industrial Revolution, and how this country owes much of its transport ...

Deep below the streets lies a vital part of Manchester's infrastructure that most people will never see. The city's drains ...

Kamala Harris is not offering sweeping change, even as voters express dissatisfaction about the direction of the country. She’s an institutionalist who wants to preserve democratic ideals, and ...

Since the first industrial revolution, we have witnessed significant ... the causes and timing of waterborne diseases such as ...

Or consider the Industrial Revolution, which techno-optimists gleefully ... and were defenseless against epidemics like cholera and tuberculosis that wiped out their families.

Rivers have been more intensively used for power in the Don catchment than almost anywhere else in the country, particularly during the peak of the Industrial Revolution. Sheffield is famous for its ...