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Was Charles Darwin first? Kind of depends

Charles Darwin’s work arose in an era where many were thinking about the source of nature’s variety.

Tags:  science-technology  evolution  william-friedman  arnold-arboretum  harvard-museum-of-natural-history  alvin-powell  evolution-matters  charles-darwin  harvard-museums-of-science-and-culture

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Panama expedition reveals how species persevere under climate change

Two graduate students from Arnold Arboretum have created the Mamoní Valley Preserve Natural History Project, an ongoing series of student-led field expeditions designed to increase our understanding of how biodiversity can persevere in the face of climate change, deforestation, and human disturbance.

Tags:  science-technology  climate-change  deborah-blackwell  environments-sustainability  arnold-arboretum  ben-goulet-scott  ferns  jacob-suissa  jon-hamilton  mamoni-valley-preserve-natural-history  panama

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Arnold Arboretum uses new research and a moth to fight an invasive species

Scientists at the Arnold Arboretum are employing a species of predator moth to fight the invasive swallow-wort vine.

Tags:  science-technology  arnold-arboretum  andrew-gapinski  biocontrol  defoliating-moth  hypena-moth  hypena-opulenta  natural-predator  swallow-wort  university-of-rhode-island  vincetoxicum-nigrum  vincetoxicum-rossicum

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Harvard’s Arnold Arboretum, local firms partner on compost program

Harvard's Arnold Arboretum partners with local businesses on environmentally responsible composting program.

Tags:  william-ned-friedman  deborah-blackwell  arnold-arboretum  health-medicine  andrew-gapinski  compost  composting-initiative  conor-guidarelli  nicholas-walther  recreo-coffee  turtle-swamp-brewing  wes-kalloch

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Arboretum gets solar boost with massive Harvard sustainability initiative

The Weld Hill Solar Project, currently underway, is the Arnold Arboretum’s third and largest solar project and Harvard’s most ambitious sustainability initiative to date, with nearly 1,300 solar panels powering a 45,000-square-foot science laboratory and teaching facility in Roslindale.

Tags:  science-technology  sustainability  environments-sustainability  william-friedman  arnold-arboretum  benjamin-cumbie  carbon-free-boston  christopher-cook  climate-action-plan  derek-brain  earth-week  environmental  green-campus  harvards-green-revolving-fund  harvards-office-for-sustainability  heather-hendrickson  katie-lapp  longfellow-area-neighborhood-association  massachusetts-department-of-energy-resources  matt-omalley  ned-friedman  rob-orthman  solar-massachusetts-renewable-target  solworks-energy  weld-hill  weld-hill-research-and-education-building  weld-hill-solar-project

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Arboretum goes solar in massive Harvard sustainability initiative

The Weld Hill Solar Project, currently underway, is the Arnold Arboretum’s third and largest solar project and Harvard’s most ambitious sustainability initiative to date, with nearly 1,300 solar panels powering a 45,000-square-foot science laboratory and teaching facility in Roslindale.

Tags:  science-technology  sustainability  william-friedman  arnold-arboretum  benjamin-cumbie  carbon-free-boston  christopher-cook  climate-action-plan  derek-brain  earth-week  environmental  green-campus  harvards-green-revolving-fund  harvards-office-for-sustainability  heather-hendrickson  katie-lapp  longfellow-area-neighborhood-association  massachusetts-department-of-energy-resources  matt-omalley  ned-friedman  rob-orthman  solar-massachusetts-renewable-target  solworks-energy  weld-hill  weld-hill-research-and-education-building  weld-hill-solar-project

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Author Richard Powers sees nature in new light with new book

Novelist Richard Powers’ “The Overstory” features trees as key characters in an entwined tale of human life and our impact on the natural world. He will speak at the Arnold Arboretum and the Mahindra Humanities Center later this month.

Tags:  science-technology  sustainability  william-friedman  arnold-arboretum  alvin-powell  trees  the-overstory  mahindra-humanities-center  old-growth  richard-powers  terry-tempest-williams

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