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Can animals predict earthquakes?: Bio-sentinels as seismic sensors in communist China and beyond
Ist Teil von
Studies in history and philosophy of science. Part A, 2018-08, Vol.70, p.58-69
Ort / Verlag
England: Elsevier Ltd
Erscheinungsjahr
2018
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Quelle
Elsevier ScienceDirect Journals Complete
Beschreibungen/Notizen
This paper examines the international research on abnormal animal behavior prior to earthquakes, with a focus on Chinese seismology during the Cultural Revolution. China experienced a series of powerful earthquakes in the 1960s and 1970s; in response, its scientists developed approaches to earthquake prediction, including the use of bio-sentinels. The paper demonstrates that Chinese seismology did not treat an earthquake simply as a geophysical event, but rather as an amalgam of environmental phenomena, including sensory experiences. Hence, distributive experience and sensory networks of humans and bio-sentinels constituted an important component of studying the environment. This historical case suggests insights into bio-monitoring of the global environment.