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Walden Warming (Paperback)
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Walden Warming (Paperback)
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Loot Price R496
Discovery Miles 4 960
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In the acclaimed Walden Warming, Richard B Primack uses Henry David
Thoreau and Walden, icons of the conservation movement, to track
the effects of a warming climate on Concord, Massachusetts' plants
and animals. Under the attentive eyes of Primack, the meticulous
natural history notes that Thoreau made years ago are transformed
from charming observations into scientific data sets. Primack finds
that many wildflower species that Thoreau observed - including
familiar groups such as irises, asters, and lilies - have declined
in abundance or have disappeared from Concord. Primack also
describes how warming temperatures have altered other aspects of
Thoreau's Concord, from the dates when ice departs from Walden Pond
in late winter, to the arrival of birds in the spring, to the
populations of fish, salamanders, and butterflies that live in the
woodlands, river meadows, and ponds. Climate change, Primack
demonstrates, is already here, and it is affecting not just Walden
Pond but many other places in Concord and the surrounding region.
Although we need to continue pressuring our political leaders to
take action, Primack urges us each to heed the advice Thoreau
offers in Walden: to "live simply and wisely." In the process, we
can each minimize our own contributions to our warming climate.
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