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Carbon Bomb: Indonesia’s Failed Mega Rice Project
In 1997 and 1998 peat swamp forests burned in Borneo, Indonesia, spewing big amounts of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.
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A Post-Wilderness National Park: Naturecultures of Destruction and Recuperation in the Castlemaine Goldfields
Once a denuded gold mining landscape, now a National Heritage Park, this place is site of emerging environmental histories of post-colonizing, post-mining lands.
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Creating Safety, Courting Disaster on the Lower Shinano River, Japan
Engineering the Lower Shinano River in northeastern Japan expanded the risk of other flood and tsunami damage.
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Abandonment Issues: Producing Industrial Heritage Landscapes at the São Domingos Mine
This piece examines the historical context of industrial heritage tourism of the post-industrial landscape at the São Domingos Mine in southeastern Portugal.
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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 Beavercene: Eradication and Settler-Colonialism in Tierra del Fuego
Once introduced to promote the fur industry, beavers in Tierra del Fuego are now deemed an invasive population to be eradicated.
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The Day the Falls Stopped Flowing: Devastation and Resilience in Tropical Queensland
José Paronella’s dream continues at Paronella Park despite catastrophic flood and cyclonic events.
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The Search for George DeBaptiste’s House: The Crooked Creek Flood of 1846
Could the Crooked Creek Flood of 1846 be the reason we cannot find George DeBaptiste’s house?
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Civilizing Nature with the Spade and the Rifle: The Engineer Battalion in the Araucanía Region, Chile (1877–1891)
In the nineteenth century, the Chilean army developed a strategy to conquer the environment.
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Hydroelectric Power and Anishinaabe Diets: What Oral Testimony Suggests About Managing Food (In)Security on Reserve
This article explores the intersection of water management, manomin, and food insecurity for an Anishinaabe community in Northwestern Ontario.