Dian Fossey's Work with Mountain Gorillas in Rwanda
Fossey becomes a leading expert on mountain gorillas and advocates for their protection.
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Jane Goodall's long-term study of chimpanzees
Jane Goodall begins her decades-long study of social interactions of wild chimpanzees in Gombe Stream National Park, Tanzania.
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Strata: Deserts Past, Present and Future. An Environmental Art Project about a Significant Cultural Place
With reference to Puritjarra, a rock shelter in the Cleland Hills in western central Australia, this environmental art project examines the relationship between knowledge systems–be they indigenous, scientific, or artistic–and place.
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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