by David Brooks | Oct 3, 2019 | Blog, Newsletter
From UNH News Service: Researchers at the University of New Hampshire have found clear signs of a decline in frost days, snow-covered days and other indicators of winter that could have lasting impacts on ecosystems, water supplies, the economy, tourism and human...
by David Brooks | Oct 3, 2019 | Blog, Newsletter
I have two “lazy” compost piles, one for food waste and one for leaves. I throw stuff in a pile and leave it to rot in the open – no mixing, no watering, no balancing carbon/nitrogen. I’ve been doing this for decades, and it surprises me how...
by David Brooks | Oct 2, 2019 | Blog, Newsletter
White-nose syndrome obliterating entire species of bats. Chytridiomycosis devastating frogs and salamanders worldwide. Snake fungal disease, a devastating ailment that has just shown up in New England. The fungus carried by emerald ash borers that are wiping out all...
by David Brooks | Sep 30, 2019 | Blog, Newsletter
A lot of art/science mashups aren’t terribly impressive. They’re often something along the lines of a statue that contains Erlenmeyer flasks, or a fractal picture, or a melody-free song called Quantum Uncertainty. The UNH Center for Acoustics Research and...
by David Brooks | Sep 30, 2019 | Blog, Newsletter
There are lots of colorful names for groups of birds – murder of crows, etc. – most of them unofficial and most of them with obscure etymologies. How about “asylum of loons”, one of the terms for a grouping of this usually solitary water bird?...
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