The Watering of California's Central Valley
The agricultural landscape of California was based on a complex system of aqueducts that created the illusion of “normal” climatic variation.
The agricultural landscape of California was based on a complex system of aqueducts that created the illusion of “normal” climatic variation.
Water management can have profound effects upon the landscape.
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Efforts to naturalize trout in German Southwest Africa capture German ambitions within its first and only settler colony.
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Previously military fortifications, the barrier islands along the northern Gulf Coast of the United States today protect against climate change.
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