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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Dr. Richard Primack to speak tomorrow about his new book "Walden Warming: Climate Change Comes to Thoreau's Woods"
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Walden Warming: Climate Change Comes to Thoreau's Woods<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Saturday, April 12, 2 p.m.</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">at Mass Audubon’s Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Did you know that Henry David Thoreau was a climate change scientist, recording the timing of the first flowering of blueberries and other natural phenomena more than 150 years ago? For the past 12 years, Professor Richard Primack and his
team from Boston University have been using Thoreau's records and other data sources to document the dramatically earlier flowering and leafing out times of plants, the earlier ice out at Walden Pond, the more variable response of migratory birds, and the
changing abundance of plants due to the warming climate. Join Professor Primack for a beautifully illustrated presentation about his team's scientific studies, which will be peppered with quotes that honor Thoreau's relevance to contemporary issues. His book
<i>Walden Warming: Climate Change Comes to Thoreau's Wood</i>, which was recently highlighted in the New York Times, will be available for purchase and signing.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">You can register online by clicking <a href="http://www.massaudubon.org/get-outdoors/program-catalog#program:program_code=33187">
this link</a> or call 508.349.2615. Cost is $9 for Mass Audubon members and $11 for others.
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<p class="MsoNormal">This talk and the series Climate Connections is co-sponsored with Cape & Islands Renewable Energy Collaborative. Mark your calendars for the following upcoming talks, also held at Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">April 26: "Final Flight: The Impact of Climate Change on Birds and Habitats," Trevor Lloyd-Evans, Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">May 10: "Green Grid: Electricity Independence for Homes, Vehicles & Communities," Luke Hinkle, MyGeneration Energy, and Chris Powicki, WEEinfo Services
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</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"">Melissa Lowe Cestaro</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Gill Sans MT","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"">Field School and Outreach Coordinator<br>
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"">Mass Audubon's Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"">
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</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"">PO Box 236, South Wellfleet, MA 02663</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"">
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</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"">mlowe@massaudubon.org</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"">
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</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"">508-349-2615, ext 107</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"">
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</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"">www.massaudubon.org/wellfleetbay</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Gill Sans MT","sans-serif"">
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