by David Brooks | Dec 17, 2025 | Blog, Newsletter
Unfortunately, this preliminary report on the state of Mount Washington’s ecosystem contains no surprises: High visitation has taken a toll on the unique and fragile alpine ecosystem atop the Northeast’s highest peak, where erosion, trampling, and invasive...
by David Brooks | Dec 16, 2025 | Blog, Newsletter
The newest large-scale solar array in Concord, which got an official groundbreaking Monday, is good news from the cheap-electricity standpoint, but it’s also a lesson in the obstacles slowing our transition to 21st-century energy. The 5-megawatt array — the biggest...
by David Brooks | Dec 15, 2025 | Blog, Newsletter
It took us a decade to build another power line to bring Quebec hydropower south into New England, but guess what: It’s currently selling power north (900MW at one point over the weekend) because a long drought in Quebec is clobbering their hydropower. Ironic...
by David Brooks | Dec 9, 2025 | Blog, Newsletter
New Hampshire Bulletin has a story about the effect of the summer drought on wells – the news hook concerns a state program to help pay for new wells – that includes a discussion about an important fact: Due to geology, New England’s underground...
by David Brooks | Dec 8, 2025 | Blog, Newsletter
UNH Today has an article (here it is) about research into how small woodland mammals that depend on tree seeds for much of their food – shrews, voles, mice – react to the way wild seed crops (“mast”) fluctuate wildly from year to year. During...
by David Brooks | Dec 8, 2025 | Blog, Newsletter
The ReGen Valley Tech Hub recently celebrated the groundbreaking of consortium member Advanced Regenerative Manufacturing Institute’s (ARMI) biomanufacturing facility and workforce training center in Manchester’s Millyard. Located at 150 Dow Street and slated for...