Clam Chowdah Narratives
We have upset nature's balance and disrupted natural water, carbon, and nutrient cycles, changing the climate. These are tales of restoring nature by looking closely, talking with people, and drawing on local knowledge and science.
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The Bridled Tern, Warm Core Eddy, and the Wonder of Unanswerable Questions (opens the original)
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A Human has a Chat with ChatGPT about Climate Change Warming the Ocean (opens the original)
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Human: How much does warm water runoff from the continents affect ocean temperatures? Is it significant?ChatGPT: The short answer is: yes. Warm runoff from continents warms coastal waters locally, but on a global scale it contributes relatively little to ocean warming compared with the direct absorption of heat from the atmosphere and sunlight.However, there are some important nuances that align with the themes we’ve discussed before regarding land degradation and ecosystem restoration.The heat
Grab a Towel: Relating for a Brighter Future (opens the original)
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There are so many bad things happening in America these days, accompanied by an almost paralyzing amount of anxiety. “How do you cope with all the demands to do more at once?” my friend asked. When she was young, she was impressed by Rachel Ray, who on television showed how to cook a delicious meal in just 30 minutes. Alas, time is linear and limited. Productivity may squeeze more into an hour, but it cannot give us another one.She gave me a moment to picture it in my mind, then continued with a
Thank You, Boston (opens the original)
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Belonging to the River (opens the original)
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The harlequin drake should have been impossible to miss. Instead, he vanished.In May, I drove along the shore of an ice-covered lake in Iceland on my way to Lake Mývatn. The lake narrowed into a rushing river. I turned left, crossed a bridge, and in the quiet pool below caught sight of a boldly patterned black-and-white duck. I pulled over.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!BzLe!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstac
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