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Understanding and shaping nature | Welcome to the Anthropocene
This is a chapter of the virtual exhibition “Welcome to the Anthropocene: The Earth in Our Hands”—written and curated by historian Nina Möllers.
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Powerless Science? Science and Politics in a Toxic World
Powerless Science? looks at complex historical, social, and political dynamics, made up of public controversies, environmental and health crises, economic interests, and political responses, and demonstrates how and to what extent scientific knowledge about toxicants has been caught between scientific, economic, and political imperatives.
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Ecotourism with Hand Lenses and Astrotourism with Telescopes | From Hand Lenses to Telescopes
Sixth chapter of Ricardo Rozzi et al.’s virtual exhibition, From Hand Lenses to Telescopes: Exploring the Microcosm and Macrocosm in Chile’s Biocultural Laboratories.
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Cryptids and Disasters: Serpents and a Werewolf in the Western Indian Ocean Region
In Tanzania and Mauritius, physical disasters are filtered through cultural lenses, including sightings of cryptids: serpents and a werewolf.
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Flood Levels and Borderlines: Livestock Farming and Evictions Resistance at the !Garib/Orange River in Southern Africa
A farmer on the !Garib/Orange river in Namibia uses historical flood markers to challenge eviction in the post-apartheid landscape.
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Different Ways of Thinking Globally: The Unlikely Return of the Noosphere in Russian Environmental Discourses
What role does Vernadsky’s concept of the noosphere plays in contemporary Russian environmental legislation and green economy discourses?
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Hertz: Electromagnetic Waves
On November 11, 1886, Heinrich Hertz, the pioneer of high-frequency and radio technology, for the first time observed the propagation of an electromagnetic wave with this setup.
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Milestones of the Anthropocene | Welcome to the Anthropocene
This is a chapter of the virtual exhibition “Welcome to the Anthropocene: The Earth in Our Hands”—written and curated by historian Nina Möllers.
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Alistair Knox (1912–1986) and the Birth of Environmental Building in Australia
Environmental building in Australia as a form of communing with nature.
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Capital Seeds and Hybrid Landscapes: Between Varied Landraces and Monotonous Technological Objects
This article discusses the intimate connection between seeds and landscapes through networks of non-corporate farmers, experts, politicians, and agricultural companies.