by David Brooks | Aug 30, 2015 | Blog
“It used to be that mussels were covering over half the space in the intertidal zone. More than 50 percent of the space and now they are covering typically less than 10 percent. They have gone from this species that basically defined the rocky coastline to being a...
by David Brooks | Aug 28, 2015 | Blog
If you make minimum wage and go to UNH without any financial aid, it will take 1.2 years of full-time work to pay for 1 year of tuition – the second-worst rate of any state. (Pennsylvania is slightly worse). That’s according to an article from the...
by David Brooks | Aug 28, 2015 | Blog
New Hampshire has the third-highest vaccination rate for toddlers (19 to 35 months) among all states, according to the latest release from the Centers for Disease Control (the whole polysyllabic report is here). The overall rate of vaccination was 80.4 percent, plus...
by David Brooks | Aug 27, 2015 | Blog
I have just registered Granite Geek as a trade name with the New Hampshire Secretary of State, something I’ve been meaning to do for years. It cost fifty bucks, but now I’m official owner of the name “Granite Geek Media Properties.” Woo-hoo!...
by David Brooks | Aug 27, 2015 | Blog
NASA has released new satellite data detailing sea-level rise, which is partly caused by warming oceans (water expands as temperature rises) and partly by melting glaciers or polar ice pack. The general message is that the increase is happening at the upper end of...
by David Brooks | Aug 26, 2015 | Blog
Nature has an excellent, detailed article (read it here) about what appears to be a growing global problem with tick-born illnesses. It’s not just Lyme disease and not just New England. One possible cause, says the article, is mice: Mice, like deer, flourish in...
Return to the Concord Monitor