Blar i Vitenskapelige publikasjoner (HF-IKS) på emneord "miljøhistorie"
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Erasing the extinct: the hunt for Caribbean monk seals and museum collection practices
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-12)The Caribbean monk seal (Monachus tropicalis), the only seal species native to Central America, was declared extinct in 2008, with the last confirmed sighting in 1952. This species historically had a broad range throughout ... -
Extinction and the End of Futures
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-06)Extinction, in biological terms, is the end of an evolutionary line, a potential future cutoff.It involves a transition between the historical past in which a species was biologically alive and a future in which it isn’t, ... -
Going deep: Excavation, collaboration and imagination at the Kola Superdeep Borehole
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)On the Kola Peninsula in the Russian Arctic lies an innocuous iron disc about the size of a dinner plate. If one were to prise this disc open, they would find the remains of the world’s deepest vertical hole. Reaching a ... -
A plague of weasels and ticks: animal introduction, ecological disaster, and the balance of nature in Jamaica, 1870-1900
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Towards the end of the nineteenth century, British colonists in Jamaica became increasingly exasperated by the damage caused to their sugar plantations by rats. In 1872, a British planter attempted to solve this problem ... -
Verdien i en våtmark. Verningen av Vigremyra i Rogaland. 1981–1986
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-09)Vigremyra er en våtmark som er tilknyttet vannsystemet Håelva i Hå kommune i Rogaland. I tidsrommet 1981–1986 ble denne våtmarken arena for en interessekonflikt mellom lokale jordbrukere og den norske stat som kulminerte ...