by David Brooks | Aug 12, 2023 | Blog, Newsletter
NHPR took a look at the wasp being released in New Hampshire and elsewhere to attack the emerald ash borer, which is in the process of basically wiping out a couple of species of ash from North America. As with all biocontrols, the wasps can kill off the pest but may...
by David Brooks | Aug 10, 2023 | Blog, Newsletter
I have mostly stopped writing about “here’s another thing that climate change is damaging” studies because they’re too numerous and depressing. I try to focus these days on things being done to respond to the climate emergency. But here’s...
by David Brooks | Aug 8, 2023 | Blog, Newsletter
You can’t move large amounts of electricity without substations to control the voltage, so it’s significant that America’s first offshore wind substation has been built. It will serve Vineyard Wind 1 south of Cape Cod, which will have a capacity of...
by David Brooks | Aug 8, 2023 | Blog, Newsletter
I’m leery about giving too much attention to ways for consumers to shop in a “green” fashion because our pollution problems are much too big for individual actions to solve them. Emphasizing personal responsibility has become a way for corporations...
by David Brooks | Aug 8, 2023 | Blog, Newsletter
AI language models are, at heart, statistical echoes of what humans have written in the past. Human writing inherently has political slant so it’s no surprise that ChatGPT and the like have political slant – they’re just echoing us. But the slant...
by David Brooks | Aug 8, 2023 | Blog, Newsletter
From NH Agricultural Esperiment Station: New England is one of the least food insecure regions in the United States, with New Hampshire consistently ranking among the most food secure. However, averages can obscure significant variability that can occur among...
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