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In Thoreaus Flower Journal, Clues for Climatologists
2013-01-17 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: Henry David Thoreau was a peculiar fellow. After his secluded stint at Walden Pond, his fixation with the natural world only grew. Starting in 1852, his journal turned into a two million-word project documenting seasonal observations around his small Massachusetts township, Concord. Over the next six springs he could be seen racing about town like a madman in an effort to spot and record that years first elusive blooms, all the while taking notes. Thoreau was sort of crazed, traveling near and...
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