Global warming is directly attributable to the fumes and exhaust that we pump into the Earth’s atmosphere, and the heat that is trapped in the process is disrupting the climate, writes Dana Wilde.
backyard naturalist
Dana Wilde: What kind of grass is that?
Ignorance about grasses is startling, writes Dana Wilde, given the fact that we live on them.
Dana Wilde: Thoreau and the bluets
If I don’t make it hard for the mosquitoes, writes Dana Wilde, they will innocently do their best to kill me.
Dana Wilde: Parables for a changing climate
Temperatures in the last 10 years are markedly higher than any time in recorded history, writes Dana Wilde.
Dana Wilde: The April pilgrimage
I wonder, when we reach the promised lands of June, July and August, if it will be record hot again this year, writes Dana Wilde.
Dana Wilde: Forces of nature
In the ancient experience, the stars were forces, detectable through fear, that we are obliged to pay respect to, writes Dana Wilde.
Dana Wilde: Thoreau and the lichens
Thoreau was among the original naturalists to think of the whole Earth, not just his own woods, as one ecologically integrated process of processes, writes Dana Wilde.
Dana Wilde: Along came a spider
By now it’s more or less accepted medical wisdom that pets provide emotional nourishment for humans, writes Dana Wilde.
Dana Wilde: Alien invaders
A species of “true bugs” invading our homes started in recent decades, writes Dana Wilde, as they moved eastward amid milder winters.
Dana Wilde: Spiders in space
What would happen, Dana Wilde asks, if you plunked spiders into a weird environment — like outer space?