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March 2025 By WEBB Member Nan Lee If you are outside at night here on North Haven, you learn quickly to appreciate the beauty of the dark night sky, and yet the World Economic Forum estimates that in the twenty-five years leading up to 2017, light pollution around the world has increased by at least forty-nine percent. One example can show

February 2025 by WEBB Member Zeb Campbell I recently I read a book called “Russian Honey Bees” by Thomas Rinderer. It provides a fascinating description of a project conducted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to try and save our nation’s honey bees from a devastating parasite, the varroa mite, which has spread here from Asia. The project focused

Battling Buckthorn: The Search for New Techniques – NH News by Phil Price, John Stevens, Chuck Curtis, & Zeb Campbell Glossy Buckthorn and Common Buckthorn are non-native tree species that were introduced from Europe as ornamental plants. Buckthorn leaves and berries are toxic to most animals, and buckthorn emits chemicals that inhibit the growth of other plants. As a result,

by WEBB member Phil Price, with contributions by Lisa Cunningham, Gavin Watson, and Hannah Pingree. North Haven’s sea level has risen roughly 8 inches since 1950, and will rise even more – and more rapidly – in the future. This is happening because burning fossil fuels has increased the concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, causing higher temperatures. Glaciers

by Juliet Lamont As we move into June of 2024, Water, Earth, Birds, and Bugs (WEBB) is nearing its third-year anniversary! And as a marker of our evolution, we’ve just launched our new website, www.nhwebb.org, to make resources more comprehensive and accessible, along with listings of key events, new hands-on activities for everyone to join in on, and partner highlights.  Over these

by WEBB author Nan Lee (with editorial support from Juliet Lamont, Peggy Mayfield and Becky Bartovics)      If you are a gardener or farmer on North Haven, you don’t need an expert to tell you that our winters are warmer, very windy rain storms have pretty much replaced winter blizzards, and our summer precipitation has become erratic, frequently very