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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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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.
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Molluscan Explosion: The Dutch Shipworm Epidemic of the 1730s
An invasive mollusk called the shipworm (Teredo navalis) attacked coastal dikes in the Netherlands in the 1730s, leading to changes in the design of dikes.
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The Remarkable Ray of Dublin’s Ringsend
On the common stingray and its longstanding place in the diet, health, and lives of people in Ringsend, Ireland.
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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.