Multimedia | journal article
“Australia Burning”
In this Springs article, historian Tom Griffiths considers Australia’s devastating 2019 and 2020 bushfires and the cultural and worldwide impact they had.
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Multimedia | journal article
“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.
Multimedia | journal article
“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.
Multimedia | journal
Wild Earth 5, no. 2
Wild Earth 5, no. 2 discusses the environmental consequences of having a baby in the United States; bumblebee ecology; and the Nevada Biodiversity Research and Conservation Initiative.
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Wild Earth 7, no. 3
Wild Earth 7, no. 3 features contributions by Bill McKibben on “Job and Wilderness;” Donald Worster on “The Wilderness of History;” Richard Harris on the rivers of Catalonia, Spain; and Andrew Kroll and Dwight Barry on the integration of conservation and community in Colorado.
Arcadia
Breeding for the Future: Corn and Climate Change
Climate change impacts both the goals of corn breeders, and their current everyday research.
Arcadia
Dead Zones and Toxic Algae Bloom in US Waters
Aquatic dead zones result from pollution caused by excessive fertilizer runoff and wastewater discharge. Their number and extent are increasing.
Exhibition chapter
Protecting Wild Spaces and Species (Sweden) | A 360º Visual Journey
Jonathan Carruthers Jones’s 360º video takes you on a journey with multiple hikers to the Arctic Circle, the Abisko National Park in northern Sweden, to understand what wilderness means to people. He concludes that even though it is a much-contested term—with supposedly lots of personal differences in opinions—people share a lot in common in their views of what wilderness is.
Exhibition chapter
Introducción: Visibilizar lo invisible en los laboratorios naturales de las zonas extremas de Chile | De lupas a telescopios
Introduccíon de la exposición virtual de Ricardo Rozzi et al., De lupas a telescopios: Explorando el microcosmos y el macrocosmos en los laboratorios bioculturales de Chile.
Exhibition chapter
Introduction: Making the Invisible Visible in the Natural Laboratories of Chile’s Extreme Zones | From Hand Lenses to Telescopes
The introduction to the virtual exhibition “From Hand Lenses to Telescopes: Exploring the Microcosm and Macrocosm in Chile’s Biocultural Laboratories.”