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Living on Coral Time: Debating Conservation in the Anthropocene
Coral scientists are dealing with an existential crisis and are divided between hope and despair in their approaches to coral conservation.
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Nourish: A 360° Video Poem (Baltic Sea) | A 360º Visual Journey
In this chapter from the virtual exhibition “Global Environments: A 360º Visual Journey,” Jesse Peterson’s 360° video presents both an environment and posthuman character from which the human cannot be disentangled, in the context of cultural eutrophication fueled by anthropogenic sources of pollution and climate change affecting the marine environment.
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The Empire, the Naturalist, and the Countryside: Biological Science in Colonial Hong Kong
Geoffrey Herklots’ ambition to promote biology in interwar Hong Kong reflects the geopolitics of the British Empire.
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In Praise of Weeds: Sympoiesis at St. James’s Piccadilly
“Aftermath: Weeds and Wilding” is a collaborative eco-religious project seeking seeds of resilience and regeneration in the midst of disaster.
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The Bears Are Back! The LIFE Ursus Translocation Project in Trentino
This Arcadia article by environmental historian Wilko von Hardenberg shows how after almost a century on the brink of extinction, bears are once again roaming the eastern Italian Alps.
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Urban Horticulture in Modena, Italy, 1980–2015
In 1980, Modena was the first city in Italy to introduce a law recognizing social urban allotments.
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Beauties and Beasts: Whales in Portugal, from Early-Modern Monsters to Today’s Flagship Species
This article looks at changing perceptions of whales along the coasts of Portugal.
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Biodiversity Offsetting and the Contradictions of the Capitalist Production of Nature
Biodiversity offsetting and the contradictions of the capitalist production of nature in England.
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Facing Changes, Changing Targets: Sperm-Whale Hunting in Late Eighteenth-Century Brazil
This article investigates the origins of the exploitation of sperm whales off the Brazilian coast in the eighteenth century.
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From Nature to Infrastructure: Vallisaari Island in the Helsinki Archipelago
A centuries-old military island in the Helsinki archipelago is shaped by competing forces of abandonment and infrastructural development.