Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty (Madrid Protocol)
The Madrid Protocol provides for comprehensive protection of the Antarctic environment and dependent and associated ecosystems.
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Eruption of Volcano Mount Pelée on Martinique
The eruption’s analysis marks one of the beginnings of modern volcanology.
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Foundation of the Club Alpino Italiano
The Club Alpino Italiano, a gentlemen’s hiking group, was founded.
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The Founding of the London Zoo
The London Zoo becomes the world’s first scientific zoological garden.
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Agricola’s De re metallica
The first manual on mining sciences combines the areas of humanism and technology.
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Copernicus’s On the Revolutions of the Celestial Orbs
Copernicus introduces the idea of a heliocentric universe in which the planets move around the sun.
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Nobel Peace Prize for Al Gore and the IPCC
The Nobel Peace Prize goes to former US Vice President Al Gore and the IPCC for their efforts to communicate the dangers of climate change.
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“Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change”
Former World Bank Chief Economist Nicholas Stern predicts the rapid growth of the costs of measures to combat climate change.
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First international conference on biosphere protection
The first international conference on global biosphere protection by UNESCO takes place in Paris in 1968.
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Boulder Climate Change Conference
The first scientific conference on the causes of climate change takes place in Boulder, Colorado, in the US.
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