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On this episode of Expanded Perspectives the guys talk about how\\xa0one of the last known groups of woolly mammoths died out because of a lack of drinking water, scientists believe.\\xa0The Ice Age beasts were living on a remote island off the coast of Alaska, and scientists have dated their demise to about 5,600 years ago.\\xa0They believe that a warming climate caused lakes to become shallower, leaving the animals unable to quench their thirst. Then, what do you so with land that\\u2019s been rendered inhabitable by humans? The Ukrainian government has decided the best use of the 1,600 square mile \\u201cexclusion zone\\u201d surrounding the former Chernobyl nuclear power station is to build one the world\\u2019s largest solar power plants,\\xa0according to Electrek. Then,\\xa0Australia is to shift its longitude and latitude to address a gap between local co-ordinates and those from global navigation satellite systems (GNSS).\\xa0Local co-ordinates, used to produce maps and measurements, and global ones differ by more than 1m. Then, Cam brings up an unusual Gnome encounter in the deep dark woods. After the break, Kyle details the horrific story of the Donner Party.\\xa0In the spring of 1846, a group of nearly 90 emigrants left Springfield, Illinois, and headed west. Led by brothers Jacob and George Donner, the group attempted to take a new and supposedly shorter route to California. They soon encountered rough terrain and numerous delays, and they eventually became trapped by heavy snowfall high in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Purportedly reduced to cannibalism to survive through the winter, only half of the original group reached California the following year. Their story quickly spread, and before long the term \\u201cDonner Party\\u201d became synonymous with one of humanity\\u2019s most ingrained taboos. Thanks for listening to Expanded Perspectives!

• Last Woolly Mammoths "Died of Thirst"\\xa0
• Chernobyl nuclear exclusion zone could become the world\\u2019s largest solar farm
• Toyota Plans Solar Power System for New Texas HQ
• Australia plans new co-ordinates to fix satelite -navigation gap
• Tree People & Garden Gnomes
• The Donner Party

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