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PublishedApril 12, 2023
Backyard Naturalist: Strange lights in the sky
The feeling of stupendous awe, of fear and beauty, and strangeness, arises when you watch the aurora, Dana Wilde writes.
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PublishedMarch 29, 2023
Backyard Naturalist: Auroras in spring
Auroras have fascinating scientific explanation but offer the feeling of stupendous transparent beauty that touches the northern sky of your soul, Dana Wilde writes.
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PublishedMarch 22, 2023
Backyard Naturalist: Climate change reports
Discouraging facts from a new climate change report come even as some readers are environmentally undaunted, Dana Wilde writes.
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PublishedMarch 8, 2023
Backyard Naturalist: Recycling, electricity and reality
As we run out of time to make the enormous fuel and environmental policy changes necessary to salvage a decent life for our grandchildren, Dana Wilde writes that his energy is flagging against the enormous headwinds locally and globally.
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PublishedFebruary 22, 2023
Backyard Naturalist: Old trees offer perspective on time
Some trees on Earth are believed to have lived thousands of years, raising questions about how they might experience time and our own concepts about what it means to get old, Dana Wilde writes.
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PublishedFebruary 8, 2023
Backyard Naturalist: Supernovas a wake-up call to vastness
The magnitude of our awe at the facts of supernovas is like astronomers hundreds of years ago seeing new stars where none had been before, Dana Wilde writes.
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PublishedJanuary 25, 2023
Backyard Naturalist: New stars in a constant sky
Exploding stars known as novas are relatively commonplace in our galaxy, with 30 or 40 novas a year visible through telescopes, Dana Wilde writes.
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PublishedJanuary 11, 2023
Backyard Naturalist: Glimpses of Mercury
The rare times we can see Mercury in the night sky are reminders of the planet's mysterious travels in space, like dreams that appear just before waking, Dana Wilde writes.
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PublishedDecember 28, 2022
Backyard Naturalist: Year-end thoughts on climate change
This month’s highly irregular weather is a symptom of the fact that global warming is real and spelling trouble, Dana Wilde writes.
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PublishedDecember 21, 2022
Backyard Naturalist: Earliest sunset before shortest day
Understanding the Earth's orbit and spinning around the sun can be tricky, illustrating how appearances may well not be reality, Dana Wilde writes.
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