Entries Tagged as 'The New York Times'
A Modern Use for Thoreau’s Notes on Flora - Linking Patterns to Climate Change - NYTimes.com
By CORNELIA DEAN
CONCORD, Mass. — Henry David Thoreau endorsed civil disobedience, opposed slavery and lived for two years in a hut in the woods here, an experience he described in “Walden.” Now he turns out to have another line in […]
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One in 4 Mammals Threatened With Extinction, Group Finds - NYTimes.com
By JAMES KANTER
BARCELONA, Spain — An “extinction crisis” is under way, with one in four mammals in danger of disappearing because of habitat loss, hunting and climate change, a leading global conservation body warned Monday.
“Within our lifetime, hundreds of species could be lost as a […]
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September 18th, 2008 · No Comments
Nature Conservancy Buys Large Area of Adirondack Land - NYTimes.com
By MARTIN ESPINOZA
A 14,600-acre piece of the Adirondacks long prized by environmentalists for its forests and wetlands, including a pond where Ralph Waldo Emerson led a “philosophers’ camp,” was purchased on Thursday by a preservation group for $16 million, the group said.
The property, southwest of Lake […]
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In the Garden - Foraging for Berries, the Special on Nature’s Produce Aisle - NYTimes.com
By ANNE RAVER
Published: July 3, 2008
I’VE been feasting on wild black raspberries every day as I walk down to the stream with my dog, Wolfie, at our family farm in Maryland. The wild brambles seem to grow best along the sunny […]
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The Hidden Gardens of Paris - NYTimes.com
By ELAINE SCIOLINO
Published: June 29, 2008
Multimedia
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The Quiet Corners of Paris
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Paris, France
Intimate, lightly trafficked and often quirky, the small gardens of Paris […]
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