Peter Gutsche on Nostr: This article tells the story of scie-fi novel "Dune" by #FrankHerbert in the context ...
This article tells the story of scie-fi novel "Dune" by #FrankHerbert in the context of the evolution of ecological thinking.
"There is some irony in the fact that Herbert cooked up the idea of spice from bird droppings" as he "found a model for the ecosystem of Arrakis in a surprising place: the guano islands of Peru....the accumulated bird droppings found on these islands was an ideal fertilizer."
https://theconversation.com/how-dune-became-a-beacon-for-the-fledgling-environmental-movement-and-a-rallying-cry-for-the-new-science-of-ecology-225156
#Dune #Ecology #Terraforming #ScienceFiction
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"There is some irony in the fact that Herbert cooked up the idea of spice from bird droppings" as he "found a model for the ecosystem of Arrakis in a surprising place: the guano islands of Peru....the accumulated bird droppings found on these islands was an ideal fertilizer."
https://theconversation.com/how-dune-became-a-beacon-for-the-fledgling-environmental-movement-and-a-rallying-cry-for-the-new-science-of-ecology-225156
#Dune #Ecology #Terraforming #ScienceFiction
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