Borneo to Boston : We find Thoreau's records ; "A self-appointed inspector" ; On thin ice ; Ice at Walden Pond
A hard rain : Nor'easters in New England ; What would Thoreau have done?
Thoreau, scientist : Thoreau as a scientific observer ; Deciphering Thoreau's journals ; Decoding the data ; Our fieldwork begins
Phantom plants : Revolutionary viewpoint ; "Terror" on the tracks ; Pink lady's slipper orchid: a sing 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
Wild apples and other missing flowers : Form 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?
The strife in loosestrife : The net loss of species ; The McGrath farm ; Any new species? ; Minot Pratt's introductions ; Taking action
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
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
Bees and butterflies : The helpful honeybee ; The forgotten bees ; We shift to butterflies ; Sharon Stitchter's butterfly data ; The great northward expansion ; The Massachusetts Butterfly Club ; Elfins and hairstreaks: a natural experiment
From insects to fish to people : Warming water at Walden ; The value of fishing ; Margaret's approach to fishing ; Eating smaller fish and krill
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
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
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
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.
Borneo to Boston. We find Thoreau's records ; "A self-appointed inspector" ; On thin ice ; Ice at Walden Pond.
A Hard Rain. Nor'easters in New England ; What would Thoreau have done?
Thoreau, Scientist. Thoreau as a scientific observer ; Deciphering Thoreau's journals ; Decoding the data ; Our fieldwork begins
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.
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?.
The Strife in Loosestrife. The net loss of species ; The McGrath farm ; Any new species? ; Minot Pratt's introductions ; Taking action.
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.
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.
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.
From Insects to Fish to People. Warming water at Walden ; The value of fishing ; Margaret's approach to fishing ; Eating smaller fish and krill.
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.
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.
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.
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
Citizen science. Getting started ; Joining with others ; My own journal
