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A Perfect Storm in the Amazon Wilderness, vol. 1
Volume 1 of 3 of A Perfect Storm in the Amazon Wilderness.
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Interview with Alison F. Richard, author of Sloth Lemur's Song: Madagascar from the Deep Past to the Uncertain Present
In this episode from the New Books Network podcast, Alison F. Richard is interviewed on her recent book, Sloth Lemur’s Song: Madagascar from the Deep Past to the Uncertain Present.
Multimedia | podcast
Interview with Timothy Morton, author of Hyperobjects: Philosophy and Ecology after the End of the World
In this episode from the New Books Network podcast, Timothy Morton is interviewed on their recent book, Hyperobjects: Philosophy and Ecology after the End of the World.
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Una tormenta perfecta en la Amazonía
Spanish translation of chapter 1 from Timothy J. Killeen’s book A Perfect Storm in the Amazon Wilderness.
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Uma tempestade perfeita na Amazônia
Spanish translation of chapter 1 from Timothy J. Killeen’s book A Perfect Storm in the Amazon Wilderness.
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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.
Multimedia | interviews and talks
“Apex Predators: Encounters with Sharks since 1900”
Lunchtime Colloquium at the Rachel Carson Center with Miles Powell.
Multimedia | interviews and talks
“A Political Ecology of Desire and Illicit Trade”
Lunchtime Colloquium at the Rachel Carson Center with Jared Margulies.
Multimedia | journal article
“An Otherworldly Species: Joshua Trees and the Conservation-Climate Dilemma”
Trees are also entangled with politics. In “An Otherworldly Species: Joshua Trees and the Conservation-Climate Dilemma” historian Thomas M. Lekan discusses what he considers a false choice between climate protection and conservation.