Welcome to the second Daily Field Note! Here you find the top post of the day, one covering each scientific field that is included by Geopolis. Since these authors put a lot of effort in writing a good post they surely deserve the extra exposure.

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Geography: Daily Celestial Challenge - Light

Athough it is not really a geographical subject, it is really informative and clearly explaines how this fascinating light show occurs both on our earth and other planets. Now you don't have to travel across the globe to watch this spectacle by reading the article!

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Also known as the Aurora Borealis, are beautiful natural arrays of colorful lights that appear in the skies of the northern hemisphere of the Earth. Now I am definitely not talking about the rainbow which cuts across the sky in a linear spectrum, but I am rather talking about an aurora which wholly feels the sky with glowing bright and beautiful colors. These lights can also be found in the South Polar region where is known also as Aurora Australis orthe Southern lights.

Anthropology: The Anthropological view on Religion, The Supernatural and Magic : Part 3

Aparantly @zest was the only author to write a quality post on anthropology today, so for good content in this field you have to be there once again! In the thirth part of his series on the anthropological view on religion, the supernatural and magic where he searches for the meaning of god in different cultures.

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There are only a few examples of religious systems that are characterised by monotheistic beliefs, that is, belief in one God. Examples are Christianity, Islam and Judaism. Theological doctrines within these systems setting out the "characteristics" or "attributes" of God do not necessarily reflect the opinions of individual believers, but instead indicate what adherents are expected to believe. Within these systems there are also various emphases or differences in doctrine, which means that none of these systems have absolute uniformity of opinion or belief. Nevertheless, most followers of these religious systems would agree that the Supreme Being is living, invisible, immutable (unchanging), eternal, almighty, holy, omniscient (having unlimited knowledge), good, and so forth.

Ecology: The Holocene Mass Extinction Part 4: The Great Chain of Being

This is not the first quality post @mountainwashere published with great succes. This is the fourth part of a series dealing with the Holocene mass extinciton. The holocene for those who not know, is the time period from almost 12.000 years ago until now. As humans were starting to dominate the earth surface we could only imagine what the effects were on other animal populations, but now with this series of posts you can actually read about it! Not only do humans influence the ecology of the planet, also our knowledge and way of thinking defines how this change in ecology is interpreted. Make sure to give this post a try if this sounds interesting to you.

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Up until now we've been discussing how humans are causing the Holocene Mass Extinction. Now, however, we're going to talk about the history of the idea of extinction itself- and it's not a very old idea in the scheme of things.

Prior to the 18th century in Europe, the dominant theory of nature was the Great Chain of Being. This medieval Christian idea stated that nature was organized in a strict hierarchy. Rocks were at the bottom of the hierarchy, the Great Chain, and merely existed. Each additional level had all the spiritual attributes of the lower levels as well as gaining more of their own. Next were plants, then animals, then humans, then angels, and then, at the very top, was God. Each of these levels, with the exception of God's, were further subdivided. Some animals, like the lion, were higher up on the Chain than others, like mice. Some humans, like kings, were naturally above others, like peasants.

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