Sci/tech tidbits in and around New Hampshire

Warming climate means warmer streams (duh!), but the details matter
For every 1.8 degree F increase in air temperature, the maximum daily water temperature increased 0.9 to 1.2 degrees Fahrenheit. Although streams appeared to be buffered to some extent from increases in air temperature, the researchers expect that future warming will bring about stressful conditions for cold-water species such as brook trout.

Unusually, saltmarsh sparrows don’t tweak the gender of their chicks
In birds, females have the ability to control the sex of individual eggs; a mother may be able to choose whether she prefers each egg laid to be a male or female. So why don’t saltmarsh sparrows do it?
One group thinks N.H. is only so-so on cryptocurrency
Thanks to enthusiasm from the hard-libertarian/Free State folks, New Hampshire has long seemed to be a hotbed of bitcoin/cryptocurrency/blockchain enthusiasm. So I was surprised that the consumer-finance site RewardExpert ranked us as just 24th on the list of Top...

How New Hampshire was mapped back in the day: Mountaintop to mountaintop
A visit to the state archives building finds the story behind the first truly accurate map of New Hampshire. Plus: Geometry!!!

Earthquakes in the East are felt over larger areas, even though they’re less powerful
Eastern North America has older rocks. These older formations have been exposed to extreme pressures and temperatures, making them harder and often denser. Faults in these older rocks have also had more time to heal, which allows seismic waves to cross them more effectively when an earthquake occurs.
EPA joins the debate over whether burning wood is “green”
The administrative policy shift will treat all burning of biomass as carbon-neutral “when used for energy production at stationary sources.”

Electric vehicle charging network planned for the U.S. as Vermont utility expands its at-home system
Green Mountain Power is expanding its program providing free at-home chargers for Vermont customers as long as they agree to let GMP draw power from the chargers during peak demand.

Dockless bike share comes to New England College
I think this is the first dockless bike share in New Hampshire.
Compost-collecting firm expands to Concord
They’ll even take meat, bones and shellfish shells! “If it grows, it goes. … All of that stuff breaks down perfectly well – after all, if an animal dies in the middle of the woods, it’s going to break down.”
N.H. deer are doing well, thanks to warmer winters
Notable was the number of bucks killed: 7,708. That is more than at any time since records started being kept in 1922.