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Environment
Climate, ecology and the limits a landscape imposes.
25 Experiences Search within Environment
Environment
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REX-002
The Last Day of the Dinosaurs
- Environment
- Science
- Deep Time
- Global
- Latin America
- North America
- Scientific Simulation
- System Exploration
Details
- Published by
- Richseen Originals (@richseen-originals)
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REX-004
The Last Day of Pompeii
- Environment
- History
- Ancient
- Europe
- Historical Reconstruction
- Interactive Decision
Details
- Published by
- Richseen Originals (@richseen-originals)
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REX-007
The City Beneath the Ocean
- Environment
- Future
- Future / Speculative
- Global
- Interactive Decision
- System Exploration
Details
- Published by
- Richseen Originals (@richseen-originals)
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REX-011
The Arctic Passage: A New Maritime Silk Road
- Environment
- Human Systems
- Contemporary
- Polar
- Interactive Decision
- System Exploration
Details
- Published by
- Richseen Originals (@richseen-originals)
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REX-013
Lisbon 1755: Earthquake, Fire, Tsunami
- Environment
- History
- Early Modern
- Europe
- Historical Reconstruction
- Interactive Decision
Details
- Published by
- Richseen Originals (@richseen-originals)
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REX-015
Endurance: Trapped in Antarctic Ice
- Environment
- Exploration
- Modern
- Polar
- Historical Reconstruction
- Interactive Decision
Details
- Published by
- Richseen Originals (@richseen-originals)
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REX-018
Out of Africa: The Human Journey
- Environment
- Science
- Ancient
- Africa
- Global
- Documentary / Evidence-led
- System Exploration
Details
- Published by
- Richseen Originals (@richseen-originals)
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REX-023
Angkor: When the Water System Failed
- Environment
- Human Systems
- Medieval
- Asia
- Historical Reconstruction
- System Exploration
Details
- Published by
- Richseen Originals (@richseen-originals)
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REX-029
Earth 2100: The Climate Decisions
Climate pathways / energy / cities and food
- Environment
- Future
- Future / Speculative
- Global
- Interactive Decision
- Scientific Simulation
Details
- Epistemic profile
- scenario_model
- Subjects
- climate change
- energy systems
- adaptation
- Categories
- climate
- future systems
- Ways in
- Watch
- Experience
- Live Systems
- What it does
- scenario comparison
- decision points
- coupled systems model
- Published by
- Richseen Originals (@richseen-originals)
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REX-031
Arctic Gateway 2050: Shipping Through a Changing North
Shipping / climate / communities, geopolitics and risk
- Environment
- Future
- Future / Speculative
- Polar
- Interactive Decision
- System Exploration
Details
- Epistemic profile
- scenario_with_current_evidence
- Subjects
- Arctic shipping
- sea ice
- Indigenous communities
- maritime governance
- Categories
- climate
- shipping
- geopolitics
- Ways in
- Watch
- Experience
- Live Systems
- What it does
- scenario timeline
- operational decisions
- risk systems model
- Published by
- Richseen Originals (@richseen-originals)
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REX-037
Maya: When the Rains Failed
Maya cities / drought / water resources and civilisational change
- Civilization
- Environment
- Medieval
- Latin America
- Historical Reconstruction
- System Exploration
Details
- Epistemic profile
- paleoclimate_evidence_with_multicausal_archaeological_model
- Subjects
- Maya cities
- Terminal Classic drought
- reservoirs
- water quality
- living Maya communities
- Categories
- archaeology
- climate history
- infrastructure
- Indigenous history
- Ways in
- Witness
- Investigate
- Water Stress
- What it does
- fourteen-state city-water timeline
- rainfall and reservoir model
- persistent adaptation lenses
- evidence ledger
- Published by
- Richseen Originals (@richseen-originals)
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REX-056
Ant World: The Civilization Beneath Our Feet
Insect societies / collective intelligence / nests, labour and ecosystems
- Environment
- Science
- Contemporary
- Global
- Scientific Simulation
- System Exploration
Details
- Epistemic profile
- comparative_ant_biology_with_species_boundaries_collective_behaviour_models_and_explicit_civilization_metaphor_limits
- Subjects
- ant colonies
- collective behaviour
- division of labour
- fungus-farming ants
- ecosystem engineering and invasive species
- Categories
- entomology
- animal behaviour
- ecology
- collective intelligence
- evolution
- Ways in
- Witness
- Colony Network
- Signal Lab
- What it does
- fourteen-state colony-to-ecosystem sequence
- qualitative signal and task-demand comparison
- observation, experiment, model and metaphor separation
- persistent evidence judgements and emergence trace
- Published by
- Richseen Originals (@richseen-originals)
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REX-057
Shark World: Lords of the Ancient Ocean
Marine biology / sensory systems / evolution and ecological balance
- Environment
- Science
- Contemporary
- Global
- Scientific Simulation
- System Exploration
Details
- Epistemic profile
- comparative_shark_biology_with_species_specific_sensory_claims_life_history_and_bounded_ecosystem_inference
- Subjects
- shark diversity and evolution
- cartilaginous fish anatomy
- multimodal sensory biology
- shark life histories
- fisheries and marine conservation
- Categories
- marine biology
- evolution
- animal behaviour
- ocean ecology
- conservation
- Ways in
- Witness
- Sensory Console
- Ecology Balance
- What it does
- fourteen-state deep-time-to-conservation sequence
- qualitative sensory-range and cue-integration comparison
- organ, animal, population and ecosystem claim separation
- persistent species-aware conservation evidence trace
- Published by
- Richseen Originals (@richseen-originals)
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REX-059
Amazon: The Living Climate Engine
Rainforest ecology / water cycle / carbon, species and human activity
- Environment
- Science
- Contemporary
- Latin America
- Scientific Simulation
- System Exploration
Details
- Epistemic profile
- amazon_water_recycling_and_continental_climate_system_with_explicit_observation_model_attribution_and_land_use_feedback_boundaries
- Subjects
- Atlantic moisture inflow and Amazon rainfall
- evapotranspiration and atmospheric moisture recycling
- flying rivers and South American rainfall
- rainforest carbon and biodiversity
- land-use change, fire and climate feedbacks
- Categories
- rainforest ecology
- climate science
- hydrology
- biogeochemistry
- conservation
- Ways in
- Witness
- Water Journey
- Climate Lab
- What it does
- fourteen-state Atlantic-to-continental-water sequence
- qualitative moisture-source, recycling and transport comparison
- observation, model, attribution and uncertainty separation
- persistent forest-feedback and human-pressure evidence trace
- Published by
- Richseen Originals (@richseen-originals)
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REX-060
Antarctica: The Continent of Ice
Polar science / ice cores / climate history and international governance
- Environment
- Science
- Contemporary
- Polar
- Documentary / Evidence-led
- Scientific Simulation
Details
- Epistemic profile
- antarctic_ice_system_and_paleoclimate_archive_with_explicit_core_chronology_subglacial_model_and_treaty_governance_boundaries
- Subjects
- Antarctic ice shelves and grounded ice
- subglacial mountains, lakes and bed topography
- polar research stations and field science
- ice cores and ancient atmospheric records
- Antarctic Treaty System and environmental governance
- Categories
- polar science
- glaciology
- paleoclimatology
- Earth science
- international governance
- Ways in
- Witness
- Ice Archive
- Treaty Table
- What it does
- fourteen-state ice-edge-to-deep-time traverse
- layer, gas, chemistry, age-model and resolution comparison
- measurement, reconstruction, model and chronology separation
- persistent science-access and governance evidence trace
- Published by
- Richseen Originals (@richseen-originals)
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REX-061
Inside a Volcano: The Journey of Magma
Earth science / plate tectonics / magma and eruption forecasting
- Environment
- Science
- Contemporary
- Global
- Scientific Simulation
- System Exploration
Details
- Epistemic profile
- transcrustal_magma_journey_and_probabilistic_volcano_forecasting_with_explicit_signal_model_and_decision_boundaries
- Subjects
- partial melting in tectonic settings
- magma segregation, ascent and crustal storage
- crystals, volatiles and transcrustal magmatic systems
- volcano monitoring and unrest signals
- probabilistic eruption forecasting and public decisions
- Categories
- volcanology
- geology
- geophysics
- natural hazards
- risk communication
- Ways in
- Witness
- Magma Lab
- Forecast Desk
- What it does
- fourteen-state melt-source-to-hazard sequence
- qualitative melt, crystal, volatile and permeability comparison
- monitoring observation, interpretation and forecast separation
- persistent multi-signal uncertainty and decision trace
- Published by
- Richseen Originals (@richseen-originals)
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REX-062
The Deep Ocean: Life Without Sunlight
Deep-sea ecology / hydrothermal vents / chemosynthesis and extreme life
- Environment
- Science
- Contemporary
- Global
- Scientific Simulation
- Spatial Exploration
Details
- Epistemic profile
- deep_ocean_energy_and_extreme_life_traverse_with_explicit_photosynthetic_export_chemosynthesis_depth_and_sampling_boundaries
- Subjects
- sunlit, twilight, midnight, abyssal and hadal ocean zones
- vertical migration, marine snow and whale-fall succession
- abyssal and trench adaptations
- hydrothermal circulation, chemosynthesis and animal-microbe symbiosis
- deep-sea research methods and environmental stewardship
- Categories
- marine biology
- oceanography
- microbial ecology
- Earth science
- conservation
- Ways in
- Witness
- Descent Log
- Energy Lab
- What it does
- fourteen-state surface-to-hadal-and-seafloor sequence
- qualitative depth, pressure, light and energy-source comparison
- photosynthetic export, chemosynthesis, symbiosis and food-web separation
- persistent observation-method and deep-sea stewardship evidence trace
- Published by
- Richseen Originals (@richseen-originals)
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REX-063
The Great Migration: Across the Serengeti
Wildlife / seasonal cycles / water, predation and survival
- Environment
- Science
- Contemporary
- Africa
- Scientific Simulation
- System Exploration
Details
- Epistemic profile
- serengeti_mara_seasonal_migration_system_with_explicit_route_variability_food_web_human_livelihood_and_climate_boundaries
- Subjects
- Serengeti-Mara rainfall, grass and water cycles
- wildebeest calving, movement and social information
- predators, scavengers, disease and food-web dynamics
- conditional river crossings and variable migration routes
- pastoral livelihoods, protected areas and transboundary conservation
- Categories
- wildlife ecology
- animal behaviour
- seasonal climate
- conservation
- human-environment systems
- Ways in
- Witness
- Migration Cycle
- Stewardship Desk
- What it does
- fourteen-state conditional annual migration cycle
- herd, predator, ranger and climate perspective comparison
- rainfall, forage, water, crowding and route-variability model separation
- persistent connectivity, livelihood and stewardship evidence trace
- Published by
- Richseen Originals (@richseen-originals)
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REX-067
Venice: How a City Floats
A city held above a lagoon by ground, water, maintenance and collective choices
- Environment
- Human Systems
- Contemporary
- Europe
- Scientific Simulation
- System Exploration
Details
- Epistemic profile
- venetian_lagoon_ground_foundation_water_and_adaptation_system_with_explicit_float_myth_flood_component_and_mose_tradeoff_boundaries
- Subjects
- Venetian Lagoon landforms and tidal exchange
- timber pile ground improvement and masonry foundations
- canals, cisterns, drainage and urban maintenance
- subsidence, relative sea level and compound high water
- MOSE barriers and lagoon adaptation
- Categories
- urban engineering
- coastal systems
- architectural history
- climate adaptation
- environmental stewardship
- Ways in
- Lagoon Trace
- Foundation Lab
- Flood Audit
- What it does
- fourteen-state lagoon-threshold-to-adaptation sequence
- qualitative load spread, timber density, soil stiffness, waterlogging and maintenance comparison
- tide, surge, relative sea level, elevation, drainage and barrier-operation separation
- persistent foundation, flood, intervention and stewardship evidence trace
- Published by
- Richseen Originals (@richseen-originals)
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REX-068
The Great Barrier Reef: A Living Megastructure
Coral reef ecology / climate stress / restoration and Sea Country stewardship
- Environment
- Science
- Contemporary
- Oceania
- Scientific Simulation
- System Exploration
Details
- Epistemic profile
- great_barrier_reef_ecology_and_stewardship_with_explicit_sampling_scale_climate_pressure_local_intervention_and_restoration_boundaries
- Subjects
- connected reef, island, mangrove and seagrass habitats
- coral symbiosis, calcification and reef accretion
- thermal stress, bleaching and recovery
- catchment plumes and crown-of-thorns control
- monitoring, restoration and Sea Country stewardship
- Categories
- marine biology
- coral reef ecology
- climate science
- conservation
- Indigenous stewardship
- Ways in
- Reef Transect
- Resilience Lab
- Stewardship Audit
- What it does
- fourteen-state connected-habitat-to-shared-stewardship sequence
- qualitative heat, water clarity, grazing pressure and disturbance-interval comparison
- measured condition, explanatory model, local intervention and climate-scale cause separation
- persistent monitoring, pressure-reduction, restoration and governance evidence trace
- Published by
- Richseen Originals (@richseen-originals)
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REX-069
The Global Food System: From Seed to City
Agriculture / logistics / food access, waste and urban resilience
- Environment
- Human Systems
- Contemporary
- Global
- Scientific Simulation
- System Exploration
Details
- Epistemic profile
- illustrative_tomato_food_system_trace_with_explicit_water_cold_chain_safety_access_loss_tradeoff_and_resilience_boundaries
- Subjects
- crop genetic diversity, living soil and irrigation
- integrated crop care, harvest and grading
- food safety, traceability and cold-chain handoffs
- trade, markets, processing and household use
- food loss, access and city-region resilience
- Categories
- food systems
- agriculture
- logistics
- public health
- urban resilience
- Ways in
- Supply Trace
- Resilience Lab
- Access Audit
- What it does
- fourteen-state seed-diversity-to-city-resilience sequence
- qualitative water shock, cold-chain delay, route redundancy and demand-variability comparison
- material, temperature, information, value and access flow separation
- persistent efficiency, safety, equity, loss and resilience evidence trace
- Published by
- Richseen Originals (@richseen-originals)
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REX-077
The Dutch Delta Works: Building Against the Sea
Flood risk / coastal engineering / navigation and ecological trade-offs
- Environment
- Human Systems
- Contemporary
- Europe
- Interactive Decision
- System Exploration
Details
- Epistemic profile
- dutch_delta_with_explicit_documented_operations_coupled_water_trade_ecology_models_counterfactual_labels_and_adaptive_pathway_boundaries
- Subjects
- the 1953 North Sea flood and the political creation of the Delta Works
- Oosterschelde storm-surge operations, forecasts and timed gate closure
- Haringvliet river discharge, salinity, freshwater supply and fish migration
- Maeslant automation, Rotterdam navigation and compound sea-river-rain events
- Room for the River, sediment, maintenance and adaptive delta pathways
- Categories
- coastal engineering
- flood-risk management
- environmental history
- maritime infrastructure
- climate adaptation
- Ways in
- Archive
- Control
- Pathways
- What it does
- fourteen-state disaster-to-adaptive-delta sequence
- continuous tide, surge, river, gate, salinity and vessel-state animation
- qualitative safety, navigation, freshwater, ecology, maintenance and reversibility comparison
- persistent barrier concept, Haringvliet policy, storm posture and adaptation-portfolio trace
- Published by
- Richseen Originals (@richseen-originals)
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REX-087
Galápagos: Evolution in Motion
Island ecology / natural selection / inheritance, gene flow and conservation
- Environment
- Science
- Contemporary
- Latin America
- Documentary / Evidence-led
- Scientific Simulation
Details
- Epistemic profile
- synthetic_galapagos_population_study_with_documented_sampling_ecology_selection_inheritance_gene_flow_conservation_boundaries_and_no_teleology
- Subjects
- island, season and sampling design across heterogeneous finch populations
- rainfall, food distributions, beak performance and differential survival
- inheritance, genomic associations, parent-offspring evidence and population change
- dispersal, hybridisation, introgression and alternatives to a simple island tree
- landbird monitoring, invasive parasite pressure and evidence-led conservation
- Categories
- evolution
- island ecology
- population biology
- genomics
- conservation
- Ways in
- Island Trace
- Evidence Lab
- Population Field
- What it does
- fourteen-state island-contrast-to-testable-evolutionary-claim sequence
- continuous rainfall, island, flock, gene-flow and trait-distribution animation
- qualitative sampling, ecology, inheritance and population-pressure comparison
- persistent sampling, resource, ancestry and conservation-evidence decision trace
- Published by
- Richseen Originals (@richseen-originals)
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REX-088
Whale World: The Ocean of Sound
Cetaceans / communication / passive acoustics, migration and ocean noise
- Environment
- Science
- Contemporary
- Global
- Scientific Simulation
- System Exploration
Details
- Epistemic profile
- synthetic_cetacean_soundscape_with_documented_species_propagation_detection_masking_migration_habitat_boundaries_and_no_live_tracking_claims
- Subjects
- species-specific cetacean sound production, communication and feeding contexts
- frequency, water-column propagation, hydrophones and receiver geometry
- passive-acoustic detection, classification, localisation and non-detection uncertainty
- shipping noise, masking, feeding opportunity and mitigation posture
- seasonal migration evidence, habitat change and bounded soundscape inference
- Categories
- marine biology
- bioacoustics
- cetaceans
- oceanography
- conservation
- Ways in
- Ocean Listen
- Acoustic Lab
- Soundscape Field
- What it does
- fourteen-state ocean-sound-to-bounded-habitat-inference sequence
- continuous sound-field, hydrophone, vessel, migration-window and masking animation
- qualitative detection, masking, habitat-overlap and inference-uncertainty comparison
- persistent listening-lens, array, noise-response and evidence-synthesis decision trace
- Published by
- Richseen Originals (@richseen-originals)
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REX-112
The Cotswolds: England’s Limestone Landscape
Follow Jurassic limestone from a shallow sea into springs, walls, wool towns and habitats, then test what it takes to keep a working landscape coherent.
- Environment
- Science
- Contemporary
- Europe
- Interactive Decision
- System Exploration
Details
- Epistemic profile
- evidence_based_cotswolds_landscape_reconstruction_with_jurassic_limestone_groundwater_stone_wool_settlement_habitat_water_access_and_stewardship_boundaries
- Subjects
- Middle Jurassic limestone, scarp and dip-slope landform
- groundwater, springs and settlement patterns
- quarrying, dry-stone walls and the wool economy
- calcareous grassland, beechwood and archaeological earthworks
- water, access, tourism and living landscape stewardship
- Categories
- English landscape history
- geology
- hydrogeology
- rural heritage
- ecology and stewardship
- Ways in
- STRATA LENS
- LANDSCAPE LEDGER
- STEWARDSHIP MOSAIC
- What it does
- fourteen-scene evidence-bounded landscape reconstruction with explicit documented, reconstructed and modelled layers
- continuous 32-second geology, water, land-use, habitat and stewardship animation
- qualitative groundwater reserve, habitat mosaic, heritage continuity and landscape pressure comparison
- four persistent three-option decisions yielding eighty-one bounded combinations linked to a twelve-source evidence ledger
- Published by
- Richseen Originals (@richseen-originals)