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Latour: rethinking ecological crisis from the ground down
In the title for one of his Tokyo lectures, Latour refers to this global ecological crisis as a “new climatic regime,” although elsewhere, it has become more commonly known as the Anthropocene: a proposed epoch that, as the etymology of its title suggests, points to the significant global impact that human activities have had on the Earth’s geology and ecosystems as the definitive characteristic of our current era. By Mike Sunda.
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Going to Pot
Humboldt County's marijuana boom is destroying a unique redwood forest ecosystem and killing some of California's rarest wildlife. Now veteran pot farmers are fighting the ‘green rush’ to make cannabis cultivation truly sustainable. By Todd Woody. (Apr. 18, 2016)
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Zebra finch ‘heat song’ changes hatchling development
A study of Australian zebra finches makes the surprising discovery that singing to eggs can alter hatchling development. By Jonathan Webb.
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Fear of Rattlesnake Island
“If we only conserve the cute and the cuddly,” said Lou Perrotti, who is supervising the breeding of Timber Rattlesnakes, “we’re going to have forests full of butterflies and bunny rabbits, and they’re going to be very nonfunctioning ecosystems that would eventually collapse.” By Christopher Benfey.
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African Wildlife: Darkness Falls
Today, wildlife experts speak of an “elephant holocaust.” The regions of Africa that have suffered most from poaching are those steeped in conflict, where it is too dangerous for conservationists to work. Robert Ross’s new book of photographs of the African Selous reserve brings us into a fast disappearing world and keep us there.
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The climate crisis is already here – but no one’s telling us
The media largely relegate the greatest challenge facing humanity to footnotes as industry and politicians hurtle us towards systemic collapse of the planet. By George Monbiot. (Aug. 3, 2016)
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The Ecological Wealth of Nations
Ecological assets are at the core of every nation's long-term wealth. Yet today, population growth and consumption patterns are putting more pressure on our planet's ecosystems...
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The Archdruid Report: Climate Change Activism: A Post-Mortem
"The only commitments any nation was willing to make amounted to slowing, at some undetermined point in the future, the rate at which the production of greenhouse gas pollutants is increasing. In the real world, meanwhile, enough greenhouse gases have already been dumped into the atmosphere to send the world’s climate reeling…" By John Michael Greer.
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Warnings of imminent extinction crisis for largest wild animal species
A team of conservation biologists is calling for a worldwide strategy to prevent the unthinkable: the extinction of the world's largest mammal species.
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The diversity of life across much of Earth has plunged below ‘safe’ levels
Scientists say that across the globe, more than 10 percent of species abundance has been lost. By Chris Mooney.
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Poland's disappearing lakes fuel battle over coal mining
In early summer, the Wielkopolska region in western Poland looks like a scene from "The Hobbit" with intense green fields and lakes surrounded by dense forest and pretty cottages.
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Poaching Leaves Elephant Daughters in Charge
Poaching has wiped out scores of pachyderms and their matriarchs, prompting researchers to study elephants more closely to monitor the orphans and the complex social ties within the family networks.
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River Revives After Largest Dam Removal in U.S. History
Fish are thriving and the environment has been reshaped following a major dam removal project in Washington State. By Brian Clark Howard.
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The Trouble with Wilderness; or, Getting Back to the Wrong Nature
The more one knows of its peculiar history, the more one realizes that wilderness is not quite what it seems. Far from being the one place on earth that stands apart from humanity, it is quite profoundly a human creation—indeed, the creation of very particular human cultures at very particular moments in human history. It is not a pristine sanctuary where the last remnant of an untouched, endangered, but still transcendent nature can for at least a little while longer be encountered without the contaminating taint of civilization. Instead, it’s a product of that civilization.
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There’s No Such Thing as Pristine Nature
Environmentalism has long been a nostalgic enterprise, but the past that it aspires to looks increasingly like an illusion.
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The zoo that wants to release wild elephants in Denmark
Rewilding is here to stay. The term broadly refers to restoring areas of wilderness to their former glory, but it is the reintroduction of large mammals, from wolves to beavers, that has captured the popular imagination, and come to define this ambitious conservation strategy. Such projects are not without controversy. Some ecologists worry that reintroducing extinct animals to our radically changed modern ecosystems might have unforeseen impacts.
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Bark Beetles Are Decimating Our Forests. That Might Actually Be a Good Thing
They gobble up trees and send politicians into a frenzy. But do the bugs know more about climate change than we do? By Maddie Oatman.
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Squid, Octopus, and Cuttlefish more Abundant: Good News in the ocean?
Cephalopods have become more and more abundant over the past 60 years, scientists say. But what does that mean for the rest of the ocean?
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6 Years After Gulf Oil Spill, Residents Demand ‘No More Drilling’
As the legal cases against BP draw to a close, the risks of offshore oil drilling — and public opposition to it — grow. By Antonia Juhasz. (Apr. 20)
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The Salamander That Took Slovenia by Storm
Centuries ago, folklore told of baby dragons living deep underground. Now one of them has laid eggs. By Meehan Crist.
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