2019-05-20

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Tom Scott

Mount Taranaki, on the North Island of New Zealand, is a large-scale circle that's visible from space: a stratovolcano with six miles of forest around it. But that didn't happen naturally. Oh, and there's a good chance that, in the next fifty years or so, it might explode.

GOOD VIDEOS ON NATURAL PERSONHOOD:

Law professor Jacinta Ruru at TEDx Christchurch, for a formal talk:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zAPwaOYjQU

Leonie Hayden at The Spinoff, for a more vlog-style approach:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbS-bOUgotU

SOURCES:

Taranaki Civil Defence and Emergency Management https://cdemtaranaki.govt.nz/taranaki-hazards/natural-hazards/volcanic/

McWethy, D., Wilmshurst, J., Whitlock, C., Wood, J., & McGlone, M. (2014). A High-Resolution Chronology of Rapid Forest Transitions following Polynesian Arrival in New Zealand. Plos ONE, 9(11), e111328. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0111328

Perry, G., Wilmshurst, J., & McGlone, M. (2014). Ecology and long-term history of fire in New Zealand. New Zealand Journal Of Ecology, 38(2), 157-176.

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