The Magic Mirror: Legends, Limnology, and Nuclear Power on Lake Stechlin

Authors

  • Jessica Lee University of Cambridge

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5282/rcc-springs-5909

Abstract

Lake Stechlin in northeastern Germany is a lake shaped by legends: myths of ferocious red roosters, waterspouts, and geysers. It has also been shaped by the impact of a nuclear power plant on its shore. This article explores the entwined history of both—and the present-day work of limnological scientists at the site as they consider the impact of climate change on freshwaters.

Author Biography

  • Jessica Lee, University of Cambridge

    Jessica J. Lee is an award-winning author and environmental historian. She is the author of three books of nature writing—Turning, Two Trees Make a Forest, and Dispersals—and the children’s book A Garden Called Home, as well as co-editor of the essay collection Dog Hearted. She has a PhD in environmental history and aesthetics and was writer-in-residence at the Leibniz Institute for Freshwater Ecology in Berlin from 2017–18. She was a fellow at the RCC in 2017. Jessica is the founding editor of The Willowherb Review and teaches creative writing at the University of Cambridge.

Downloads

Published

13-06-2024

Issue

No. 5 (2024)

Section

Articles

License

Copyright (c) 2024 Jessica Lee

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.