Buckle up for a trip back in time to the last ice age. We touch down in the mammoth steppe, and discover that this was a surprisingly productive ecosystem--it supported a high density and diversity of animals, including mammoths and other big hairy herbivores. So productive, it has been called the 'Serengeti of the North'. And it turns out that the very nature of this ecosystem--the interactions between herbivores, plants, microbes in the guts of animals, microbes in the soil, little di...
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Buckle up for a trip back in time to the last ice age. We touch down in the mammoth steppe, and discover that this was a surprisingly productive ecosystem--it supported a high density and diversity of animals, including mammoths and other big hairy herbivores. So productive, it has been called the 'Serengeti of the North'. And it turns out that the very nature of this ecosystem--the interactions between herbivores, plants, microbes in the guts of animals, microbes in the soil, little di...
Herders under pressure: climate, mining and justice in Samiland
Polar Pod
58 minutes
2 years ago
Herders under pressure: climate, mining and justice in Samiland
Oula-Antti Labba spent much of his childhood in Finnish Sámiland helping his family with the traditional reindeer herding work. But this traditional livelihood is under dual threat: from climate change and industrialisation of Sámi lands. After experiencing "the lack of respecting indigenous rights" that accompanied permits for mining being granted without the consent of local communities, he decided to pursue a career in law to stand up for Sámi people--and indigenous people worldwide. ...
Polar Pod
Buckle up for a trip back in time to the last ice age. We touch down in the mammoth steppe, and discover that this was a surprisingly productive ecosystem--it supported a high density and diversity of animals, including mammoths and other big hairy herbivores. So productive, it has been called the 'Serengeti of the North'. And it turns out that the very nature of this ecosystem--the interactions between herbivores, plants, microbes in the guts of animals, microbes in the soil, little di...
