by David Brooks | Sep 4, 2020 | Blog, Newsletter
Increasing carbon in the atmosphere should have a positive effect on some plant growth. A long-term study of Harvard Forest, a research forest in Massachusetts, has found one of them: The trees are storing more carbon than they used to. As reported here, that’s...
by David Brooks | Sep 4, 2020 | Blog, Newsletter
The fungal disease known as white-nose syndrome has absolutely obliterated certain species of North American bats, as I’m sure you know. One hope has been that it would cause a winged-mammal version of population resistance, where removing all the competing bats...
by David Brooks | Sep 4, 2020 | Blog, Newsletter
Some trees in New Hampshire that have been certified as the biggest in their species are going to lose their title – not because they’re shrinking, but because a change has been made in how to measure trees with multiple trunks. Already dethroned is an Eastern white...
by David Brooks | Sep 3, 2020 | Blog, Newsletter
By Targeted News Service The following federal patents were assigned in New Hampshire from Aug. 30 to Sept. 6. *** Parallel Wireless Assigned Patent for Multi-Radio Access Technology Paging Parallel Wireless, Nashua, New Hampshire, has been assigned a patent (No....
by David Brooks | Sep 3, 2020 | Blog, Newsletter
Plans to use $4.6 million from the VW “dieselgate” settlement to install DC fast chargers along 6 major routes in New Hampshire are on hold because there were no suitable bids to the state’s request for proposals last winter. The RFP is being reworked but...
by David Brooks | Sep 2, 2020 | Blog, Newsletter
I did not realize that there’s a ballot initiative in Massachusetts to add ranked-choice voting. If Question 2 is approved, the system would go into effect in 2022, covering most state and federal offices but exempting presidential and local elections. Dan...