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Sneha S

Extinction month-November 2011: Western Black Rhinos declared extinct in Africa - 0 views

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shared by Sneha S on 27 Nov 11 - No Cached
  • Sneha S on 27 Nov 11
     
    The Western Black Rhinos in Africa are declared extinct this month! Poachers should understand that harming the nature will only harm us.
Skeptical Debunker

Aspen's 'dandelion' habits challenge mountain evergreens - 0 views

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western Canada forests evergreen aspen invasion

shared by Skeptical Debunker on 23 Feb 10 - Cached
  • Skeptical Debunker on 23 Feb 10
     
    The face of high-elevation evergreen forests in Western Canada could be drastically altered as a combination of climate change, human and natural disturbances is making spruce and pine forests in the Rocky Mountains vulnerable to a slow but steady invasion of aspen trees.
Alex Parker

Solomon Hub Iron Ore Mine - Mining Technology - 0 views

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shared by Alex Parker on 26 Jun 14 - No Cached
  • Alex Parker on 26 Jun 14
     
    Solomon Hub open-cut iron ore mine is located around 60km north of Tom Price in Western Australia. The mine is fully owned by Australian miner Fortescue Metals Group. Fortescue Metals officially commenced operations at the Firetail deposit of the mine in May 2013.
Benno Hansen

Proving the 'shifting baselines' theory: how humans consistently misperceive nature - 0 views

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shared by Benno Hansen on 24 Jan 10 - Cached
  • what we see as pristine nature would be seen by our ancestors as hopelessly degraded, and what we see as degraded our children will view as ‘natural’
  • two different types of shifting baselines: generational amnesia and personal amnesia
  • Generational amnesia is when knowledge is not passed down from generation to generation.
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  • National Parks are often view by Americans as the emblem of nature—even with roads running through them clogged with traffic.
  • The evidence for personal amnesia comes from an analysis of the responses of those people who thought that the bird fauna of the area had not changed
  • evidence of “generational amnesia
  • over one-third of participants had a static view
  • Personal amnesia is when people forget how things used to be during the course of their own lives, for example they may not remember that things which are rarely sighted now were once common
  • “If we don't realize what we are losing we stand the risk of sleepwalking through the destruction of the natural world without taking action to remedy the situation,”
  • in the western United States wolves have been locally extinct for so long that no one remembers when they were plentiful. As far the community is concerned wolves are not a part of the natural environment
  • The problem is especially exacerbated when scientific data is not available regarding past conditions of an ecosystem
  • human perception of nature is subject to all sorts of failings, due to short life spans, poor communication (generational amnesia), and unreliable memory(personal amnesia)
Alex Parker

Tabakoto Gold Mine - Mining Technology - 1 views

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shared by Alex Parker on 09 Jul 14 - No Cached
  • Alex Parker on 09 Jul 14
     
    Endeavour Mining's Tabakoto Gold Mine in western Mali is located approximately 360km west of the capital city, Bamako. Endeavour owns 80% of the mine through its wholly owned Malian subsidiary Ségala Mining Corporation, while the Government of Mali owns the remaining 20%.
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