The View From the Castle: Ecology started as a dubious science. Yet its growth, nourished by world conditions, has been explosive

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Summary

Smithsonian Secretary S. Dillon Ripley discusses the importance of ecologists working to conserve the biosphere. His essay also predicts a catastrophic loss of millions of species if protective measures are not taken.

Subject

Smithsonian Oceanographic Sorting Center (SOSC)

Category

Smithsonian Institution History Bibliography

Contained within

Smithsonian Vol. 2, no. 4 (Journal)

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

July 1971

Topic

  • Conservation and restoration
  • Endangered ecosystems
  • Environmental policy
  • Castle View
  • Ecology
  • Endangered species
  • Environmental protection
  • Research

Place

Woods Hole (Mass.)

Physical description

p. 1

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