by David Brooks | Oct 9, 2017 | Blog, Newsletter
If you want a lesson on why running the state’s oldest short-line railroad is tough business, consider the 1994 Retsoff Salt Mine failure, when a small earthquake flooded a mine in western New York State that had been producing road salt for a century. Why does a...
by David Brooks | Oct 9, 2017 | Blog, Newsletter
When it comes to convincing the public to support the ecosystem known as early successional forests, Scot Williamson of the Wildlife Management Institute knows he’s got a problem. “They’re ugly,” he said Tuesday. That name doesn’t help, either. “You won’t hear me say...
by David Brooks | Oct 9, 2017 | Newsletter
Science Cafe Concord meets Tuesday, Oct. 17, to discuss all the various ways that detection, treatment and even cures for cancer are changing due to breakthroughs in immunotherapy and genetics. As always, it’s free and starts at 6 p.m. at The Draft Sports Bar,...
by David Brooks | Oct 5, 2017 | Blog, Newsletter
By UNH News Service: After 26 years, the world’s longest-running experiment to discover how warming temperatures affect forest soils has revealed a surprising, cyclical response: Soil warming stimulates periods of abundant carbon release from the soil to the...
by David Brooks | Oct 4, 2017 | Blog, Newsletter
Sometimes I think my job title should be Wet Blanket Reporter – the man who throws cold water on fun but unlikely tales. A case in point: Although a UNH astronomer phrases it more cautiously, it’s safe to say that a falling meteorite did not start a fire in the...
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