Walden Warming · Climate Change Comes to Thoreau's Woods by Primack, Richard B. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Copyright Page Title Page Contents Preface 1. Borneo to Boston

We Find Thoreau’s Records “A Self-Appointed Inspector” On Thin Ice Ice at Walden Pond

2. A Hard Rain

Nor’easters in New England What Would Thoreau Have Done?

3. Thoreau, Scientist

Thoreau as a Scientific Observer Deciphering Thoreau’s Journals Decoding the Data Our Fieldwork Begins

4. Phantom Plants

Revolutionary Viewpoint “Terror” on the Tracks Pink Lady’s Slipper Orchid: A Sign of Warmer Times Mercury Rising Thoreau’s Mantle Passes to Hosmer Heat Islands Plants Respond to Temperature Timing Matters Thoreau’s Records and Today’s Climate

5. Wild Apples and Other Missing Flowers

From Common to Rare to Vanished Finding the Missing Wildflowers Vanishing Orchids and Missing Mints Species Loss and Climate Change in Concord Why Do Flexible Species Succeed? How Fast Is Concord Losing Species? Ray Angelo Gets Mad Did We Forget about Deer?

6. The Strife in Loosestrife

The Net Loss of Species The McGrath Farm Any New Species? Minot Pratt’s Introductions Taking Action

7. The Message of the Birds

Springtime Bird Arrivals Finding Bird Arrival Data Thoreau’s Birds Modern Records How Good Are the Data? What Do the Bird Data Show? Climate Change and Many Other Factors

8. Birds in the Mist (Net)

What the Manomet Data Showed How Do Changes in Population Size Affect Bird Data? Birds and Climate: What Drives Arrival Times? A Farm Diary Earlier Appearance of Spring Activity Putting It All Together Feathered Ghosts

9. Bees and Butterflies

The Helpful Honeybee The Forgotten Bees We Shift to Butterflies Sharon Stichter’s Butterfly Data The Great Northward Expansion The Massachusetts Butterfly Club Elfins and Hairstreaks: A Natural Experiment

10. From Insects to Fish to People

Warming Water at Walden The Value of Fishing Margaret’s Approach to Fishing Eating Smaller Fish and Krill

11. Clouds of Mosquitoes

Mosquitoes and Climate Change Research Mosquitoes and Eastern Equine Encephalitis Catching Mosquitoes Mosquitoes Connect Birds and People Spraying to Control Mosquitoes The Importance of Insects

12. The Frog Chorus

Trouble for Turtles Too Dry or Too Wet: Changing Rainfall and Amphibian Life Cycles Salamanders in Eastern Massachusetts Salamanders in the Hammond Woods Salamanders at the Golf Course The Future of Amphibians in Concord’s Woods

13. Running in the Sun and Rain

Athletic Endeavor and Climate Change Does a Warming Climate Affect the Boston Marathon? The Other Side of Heartbreak Hill

14. A New Earth

An Alternative Future Is Climate Change Really Happening in Concord? The World Is Changing for the Worse What Do We Need to Do? Can Thoreau Show Us a Better Path? Living Simply in Japan Thoreau’s Advice to Modern Americans

Afterword: Citizen Science

Getting Started Joining with Others My Own Journal

Appendix: Species Mentioned Acknowledgments Further Reading Index