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Author: Sorcha Brooks

Antarctic Studies

December 3, 2018 Sorcha Brooks Leave a comment

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Posted in: Week 15: Webinar

Bridging the Gap

October 29, 2018 Sorcha Brooks Leave a comment

I would vote “Yes” to adding the Anthropocene epoch to the geological calendar. In my opinion, the Anthropocene should start…

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Posted in: Week 10: Climate Science (Steffen)

Individual –> Global

October 23, 2018 Sorcha Brooks 4 Comments

1) Technological fixes can be used to address rising temperatures. For example, carbon capture (capturing carbon from the atmosphere and…

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Posted in: Week 09: Climate Science (Reidy)

Mines and the Technological Fix

October 8, 2018 Sorcha Brooks 1 Comment

Tim LeCain explores how mining engineers developed subterranean maps, water pumps, and better spaces for human workers including a way…

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Posted in: Week 07: Superfund (Part 1)

Question Everything.

October 1, 2018 Sorcha Brooks Leave a comment

1) According to Steven Johnson, governments or religions fear air pumps and electrical machines because governments and religions should fear…

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Posted in: Week 06: Johnson (Part 2)

The Circle Continues

September 24, 2018 Sorcha Brooks Leave a comment

Science, empire, and capitalism all worked together to promote each other in 18th and 19th Europe. Previously, Europe had no…

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Posted in: Week 05: Harari (Part 2) and Johnson (Part 1)

One factor leads to another…

September 23, 2018 Sorcha Brooks Leave a comment

The Cognitive Revolution occurred 70,000 – 30,000 years ago, prompted by the discovery of fire, which allowed early humans to…

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Posted in: Week 04: Harari (Part 1)

Technology as a Cure-All?

September 10, 2018 Sorcha Brooks Leave a comment

Sean Johnson may critique Jeff Douthwaite’s argument that technological fixes are necessary to solve social problems by saying that technological…

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Posted in: Week 03: Technological Fix

A Shrinking Big Sky

September 4, 2018 Sorcha Brooks 2 Comments

The Bitterroot Valley faces a host of environmental problems, including increased mining, farming, and urbanization, as well as improper forest…

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Posted in: Week 02: Diamond (MT)

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