Category Archives: Environment
Girdling the Maple
Consider the consequences if your largest blood vessels were coursing under surface of the skin instead of deep inside the body. I know it’s hard to imagine. But if the aorta ran the length of your back, branching out to … Continue reading
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Tagged Japanese maple tree, maple syrup, tree girdling, woodpecker, yellow-bellied sapsucker
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Citizen Science
At one time all scientists were amateurs. Most were gentlemen with private incomes like Charles Darwin or clergymen like the Rev. Gilbert White whose church stipend enabled him to spend spare time rambling in the Hampshire countryside. There was a … Continue reading
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Tagged Birding, cherry tree, climate change, cocorahs, growing season, humming bird, meteorology, Monticello, National Cherry Blossom Festival, Patrick Moore, Thomas Jefferson, Virginia, weather, Williamsburg
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Shifting Baselines
In 1608 Captain John Smith led a crew of fourteen to explore the Chesapeake Bay in a shallop brought over from England in the hold of the Susan Constant. Leaning over the side of the small craft they could see … Continue reading
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Tagged American chestnut tree, Captain John Smith, Chesapeake Bay, Chief Seattle, Daniel Pauly, Forests, Gaudineer Scenic Area, George Washington, Global warming, naturalist, Ocean health, science, Shifting baselines
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Roger musing about Peace with Nature 