by David Brooks | Jun 27, 2022 | Blog, Newsletter
The onslaught of the climate emergency has made nuclear power a lot more attractive to make people because it can be a big source of carbon-free power. The downsides are still there – especially waste disposal, very high cost and long construction times, fear of...
by David Brooks | Jun 22, 2022 | Blog, Newsletter
Resurrecting a tree species is not for the impatient. It’s been more than two decades since I first encountered efforts in New Hampshire to bring back the American chestnut, a magnificent tree that filled Appalachian forests until a blight wiped it out in the early...
by David Brooks | Jun 22, 2022 | Blog, Newsletter
Elsewhere on this week’s blog/newsletter you’ll see my latest piece about efforts to create a blight-resistant chestnut tree. After I field it, I encountered this fascinating bit of research looking at how and whether birds, carrying chestnuts, could...
by David Brooks | Jun 22, 2022 | Blog, Newsletter
Signum University is an online university based in Nashua that emphasizes the study of fantasy and science fiction such as “Lord of the Rings” and various Medieval works, as well as some old European languages and philology, the study of how language...
by David Brooks | Jun 22, 2022 | Blog, Newsletter
Do you know what “frazil ice” is? Then you’re smarter than me – I only learned yesterday while reporting about Concord’s net-metering purchase of 9 million KWH of power from a local hydropower plant: The article is here.
by David Brooks | Jun 22, 2022 | Blog, Newsletter
This is a press release from the state concerning a plant I wrote about last October (here) The N.H. Natural Heritage Bureau has announced that smooth slender crabgrass, a plant previously known to exist only at Rock Rimmon Park in Manchester, has been officially...
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