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By fact-checking Thoreau's observations at Walden Pond, we showed how old diaries and specimens can...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 2 years agoScientists have used author Henry David Thoreau's notes to inform studies of climate change in...
5 wintry books to read during long nights
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 1 year agoWalden Pond was Thoreau's sometimes chilly muse. Lane Turner for The Boston Globe/via Getty ImagesWinter solstice brings the shortest day and longest...
Minute Man National Historical Park and Walden Pond are on list of ‘most endangered historic places’
WFXT via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoMinute Man National Historical Park in Lincoln and Walden Pond in Concord are among the "most...
Woodburn: Shower brings to mind Walden Pond
VC Star | Ventura County Star via Yahoo News· 8 months agoA cliché, overworn to threads, has it that something really boring is “like watching paint dry.” While I have never felt obliged to test the truth of...
THIS IS AMERICA: What an Oregon Pond Teaches Us of Life (And Go the Ducks!)
SPIN via Yahoo News· 8 months agoTHIS IS AMERICA: What an Oregon Pond Teaches Us of Life (And Go the Ducks!) Life in the misty Umpqua...
On International Yoga Day, lessons from the first American yogi – Henry David Thoreau
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 11 months agoCelebrating International Yoga Day on the beach in Miami Beach, Fla., in 2022. Chandan Khanna/AFP...
Today in History: August 9, atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoOn Aug. 9, 1974, Vice President Gerald R. Ford became the nation’s 38th chief executive as President Richard Nixon’s resignation took effect. In 1854, Henry David Thoreau’s “Walden,” which described ...
‘Visionary’ homebuilder Manny Barenholtz dies at 88
Akron Beacon Journal via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAURORA – Longtime local resident and homebuilder Manny Barenholtz, who Mayor Ann Womer Benjamin called “truly a visionary,” died March 10 and was buried...
Climate change is affecting seasonal indicators. How phenology helps track those impacts
Democrat and Chronicle via Yahoo News· 4 months agoOn Saturday, I took advantage of the sunny weather to make the trip to Letchworth State Park to...
This Network of Island Trails in Washington State Was Established by a 1970s Cult
Trail Runner via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThis article originally appeared on Trail Runner "There's a bunch of trails back there," she said,...