In recent years, the Arctic has gained increased attention as a crucial data wellspring for climate models, reports, and policies targeting environmental change. This surge in scientific interest has transformed Arctic landscapes, embedding them with the remnants of both short-term and long-term monitoring efforts. In their study, which results are now published in the article Monitoring materialities: Anthropocene landscapes of environing technologies in the High North, Relics of Nature researchers Sanne Bech Holmgaard and Kathrine Burlingame have explored the significant, yet often overlooked, material footprints of environing technologies and other human activities. Their findings draw from field studies conducted in the High North of the Nordics.
The research reveals how these monitoring activities create unique Anthropocene landscapes related to knowing global environmental change. These distinctive monitoring sites not only help us understand the current state of global environmental change but also contribute to evolving notions of heritage in the Anthropocene.
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