[Rockhounds] After damage by scientists, Inuit group closes off access to Earth’s oldest rocks

[Paul]

After damage by scientists, Inuit group closes off access to Earth’s oldest rocks
Move by tribe in northern Canada could complicate efforts to study earliest moments on planet
Racheal Berkowitz, Science AAAS, February 6, 2025
https://www.science.org/content/article/after-damage-scientists-inuit-group-closes-access-earth-s-oldest-rocks

Related papers;

Chan, M. and Mogk, D., 2023. Establishing an Ethic of Sampling for Future 
Generations of Geoscientists. GSA Today, 33(8), pp.16-18.
https://www.niagarageopark.com/images/2023-GSAT-Sampling-Ethics.pdf

Ryan‐Davis, J. and Scalice, D., 2022. Co‐Creating Ethical Practices and 
Approaches for Fieldwork. AGU Advances, 3(6), p.e2022AV000762.
https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2022AV000762

Wolniewicz, P., 2021. Beyond geodiversity sites: exploring the educational
potential of widespread geological features (rocks, minerals and fossils). 
Geoheritage, 13(2), p.34.
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12371-021-00595-3

Druguet, E., Passchier, C.W., Pennacchioni, G. and Carreras, J., 2013, April. 
Geoconservation and scientific rock sampling: Call for geoethical education 
strategies. In EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts (pp. EGU2013-2184).
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2013EGUGA..15.2184D/abstract

Yours,

Paul H.