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SHIFTING BASELINES [1 record]

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Record 1 2013-05-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ecology (General)
CONT

Shifting baselines are the chronic, slow, hard-to-notice changes in things, from the disappearance of birds and frogs in the countryside to the increased drive time from L.A. [Los Angeles] to San Diego.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Écologie (Généralités)
CONT

Le changement de ces états de références est un phénomène chronique, lent, un changement des choses difficile à voir, de la disparition des oiseaux et des grenouilles dans les terres, à l'augmentation du temps nécessaire pour aller en voiture du Nord au Sud de Paris.

Spanish

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