According to Kjerfve coastal lagoons are shallow water bodies separated from the ocean by a barrier, connected at least intermittently to the ocean by one or more restricted inlets, and usually oriented shore-parallel.

The Arctic Climate Impact Assessment (ACIA) is an international project of the Arctic Council and the International Arctic Science Committee (IASC), to evaluate and synthesize knowledge on climate variability, climate change, and increased ultraviolet radiation and their consequences.

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Winds blow because of differences in atmospheric pressure. Pressure gradients may develop on a local to a global scale because of differences in the heating and cooling of the Earth’s surface.

The advent of agriculture ushered in an unprecedented increase in the human population and their domesticated animals. Farming catalyzed the transformation of hunter-gatherers into urban dwellers.

Peter Barnes is an entrepreneur and writer who has founded and led several successful companies. At present he is a senior fellow at the Tomales Bay Institute in Point Reyes Station, California.

Capitalism 3.0: A Guide to Reclaiming the Commons
An Introduction to Ecological Economics

Tragedy of the Commons
Natural capital
Consumption and well-being
Consumption and consumer sovereignty
Consumer society
Toward […]

Environmental ethics comprises our notions about right and wrong behavior towards our natural environment, along with our justifications for those notions. Every individual harbors a personal environmental ethic which informs his/her decisions and judgments…

1987
Environmental psychologist James A. Swan and colleagues organize a series of five conferences on sacred places from 1987 to 1993 resulting in the publication of several edited volumes. The final conference includes 375 speakers, representatives from 20 Native American societies, and numerous other individuals from the East and West with a total of more […]

1986
The National Forum on Biodiversity is held in Washington, D.C., on September 21-24, 1986. It is sponsored by the National Academy of Sciences and the Smithsonian Institution. It is attended by more than 60 leading biologists, economists, agronomists, and other specialists. An associated teleconference reaches an estimated 5,000-10,000 individuals at more than […]

What are sacred places?
Special sites, areas, or landscapes that have one or more attributes which distinguish them as somehow extraordinary, usually in a religious or spiritual sense, are called sacred places. They tend to evoke in many humans feelings of some awesome, mysterious, and transcendent power that merits special reverence and treatment. Individuals […]