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“The Poetics of Dunes”
Joana Freitas reveals the reasons, troubles, and charm of writing about sand and how poetry can be more effective than prose to describe dunes.
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“In the Teeth of History: Dental Decay in the Longue Durée”
Frank Zelko dives into the history of teeth and shows that today’s teeth are the product of centuries of biocultural evolution.
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Wild Earth 12, no. 4
Wild Earth 12, no. 4, features an interview with Sylvia Earle on “Our Oceans, Ourselves,” essays on worldwide fishing and consumer conscience, on launching a sea ethic, and the food web complexity in kelp forest ecosystems.
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“The Slow Death of an Ethiopian Lake”
In this article, environmentalist Hayal Desta considers the impact of agrarian practices and climate change on Lake Ziway, Ethiopia.
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“Avian Escapees and Budgie Snugglers”
When is it defensible to keep birds in confinement, and what do we owe those who escape?
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“‘We Have Always Known’: On the Trails of People, Plants, and Humboldt”
While reading Baron von Humboldt’s 1807 Essay on the Geography of Plants, Paula Unger writes about modern science creating boundaries between the human and the nonhuman, and how Indigenous understandings transcend them.
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Earth First! 7, no. 2
In this issue of Earth First!, Howie Wolke debates the negative consequences of roadbuilding on the public lands. Captain Paul Watson gives an update about the butchering of whales on Iceland, Laura Gold sorts out the concept of Wilderness, and the Earth First!ers of the LA area call for a boycott of the Los Angeles Zoo.
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“The World as a Wardian Case”
In this article, historian Kate Brown considers the connections between plants, biospheres, and the politics of breathing. “What can the history of controlled environments tell us,” she asks, “about how we understand the planet today?”
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“Encountering Ghost Species”
On Lord Howe Island, writer Cameron Muir has a run-in with a nearly extinct species: the woodhen. In the 1970s, scientists counted just 15 birds. Now the number is around 300, yet he calls this an encounter with a ghost species and contemplates how the fate of the lone bird he meets overlaps with the fate of humans.
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“Why I Sleep Outside”
In this Springs article, Elin Kelsey reflects on how she first started to sleep outside, and how it brought her closer to her environment.