Archive for January, 2007

Friday, January 5th, 2007

It’s Jan. 4 and the Frogs Should Be Sleeping

On a hike this morning to the pond at Severson Dells, naturalist Don Miller spotted six frogs in the pond. It was 49 degrees and overcast.
I want to believe that it’s just one of those years, that El Nino has warmed the Pacific and it’s affecting our weather.
I want to believe an Arctic blast is […]

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Tuesday, January 2nd, 2007

Global Warming Topic at Burpee Museum

Rockford native Anders Carlson will present “Global Warming and the Fate of the Greenland Ice Sheet: Lessons from the Past,” 7 p.m. Thursday at the Burpee Museum of Natural History.
Carlson, who holds a PhD in geology from Oregon State University-Corvallis, is studying the Greenland ice sheet as a post doctoral fellow at Woods Hole […]

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