We are very happy to announce that SFSS President Stefan Huebner’s new monograph, Earth’s Amphibious Transformation: The History and Present of the Oceanic Anthropocene, will be published by Cambridge University Press in late June 2026!
The book will be available open access on Cambridge Core, as well as in hardback and paperback formats. The digital format will be published on 25 June 2026, and the hardback / paperback format will be published on 30 June 2026.
Book description: In the first history of the oceanic Anthropocene, Stefan Huebner explores the twentieth-century extension of human habitats into oceanic spaces. He shows how the effects of this amphibious transformation have followed a very different trajectory from human-driven change on land, in terms of both socioeconomic development and environmental degradation. The book examines why this transformation occurred; how it has been shaped by political, economic, and environmental factors; and how it has altered marine environments. It also invites readers to reconsider the history and future of climate change, sea level rise, energy transitions, human–marine species interactions, globalization, and urbanization, including floating cities.
Congratulations, Dr Stefan Huebner!
Read more here: https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/earths-amphibious-transformation/EE52FA4960AC14D70037A3886CA3162F#fndtn-information