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Revealing the “Almerian Miracle”: Materiality of the Agrarian Modernization in the Campo de Dalías
A reflection on the relevance of materialities in the history of the “Plastic Sea” of Almería.
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Sea Where there Once was Land: Redcar, England
The sea gives and the sea takes away. The story of the submerged forest at Redcar, England.
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Development or Dunes? The Long Struggle to Protect Perth’s Scarborough Beach Coastal Reserve
The long battle to protect Scarborough Beach’s coastal dunes demonstrates both the power and limitations of local grassroots advocacy groups.
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Subterranean (In)visibilities: Traces, Underground Water, and Thermal Flows in the El Tatio Geyser Field, Atacama, Chile
Describing geothermal exploration traces and explosions at the “El Tatio” geyser field, this article explores the (in)visible trajectories of underground water.
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Missionizing and Transforming the Land: Alexander Merensky in Botshabelo
With the foundation of the mission village Botshabelo, new plant and animal species settle in this region, whose landscape is heavily altered.
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The Tragedy of the Paradise Parrot
The tragic story of the Paradise Parrot is haunted by both the spectre and the reality of extinction.
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Interview with Stephen J. Pyne, author of The Pyrocene: How We Created an Age of Fire, and What Happens Next
In this episode from the New Books Network podcast, Stephen J. Pyne is interviewed on his recent book, The Pyrocene: How We Created an Age of Fire, and What Happens Next.
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Disconnectivity in the Age of Globalization: Coastal Ecology, Telegraphy, and Empire in the Sunda Strait, 1863–1883
This article examines the environmental implications of Dutch nineteenth-century attempts to establish a telegraph connection across the Sunda Strait.
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Interview with Emily O'Gorman, author of Wetlands in a Dry Land: More-Than-Human Histories of Australia's Murray-Darling Basin
In this episode from the New Books Network podcast, Emily Gorman is interviewed on her recent book, Wetlands in a Dry Land: More-Than-Human Histories of Australia’s Murray-Darling Basin.