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Phenology
They rhythmic biological events as they relate to climate.

Phenology 12/3/18: Student Reports and Listener Comments

Sean Dunham via KAXE-KBXE Season Watch FB Page
Lake Sunrise

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Northern Sun Farm School Report
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Northfield School Report
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Listener Comment re:Effects of Artificial Light on Insects

Tuesdays are special at Northern Community Radio and when school is in session, we are even more jazzed than normal because in addition to hearing from our listeners, young phenologists across Minnesota call in their classroom phenology reports.  This week we heard from students in Hill City, Shevlin and Northfield.  We also heard from Rich Libby who contacted John about a study he recenty read regarding the effects of artificial light on insects.  Listen to to the links for the full experience!

As a mail carrier in rural Grand Rapids, Minn., for 35 years, John Latimer put his own stamp on a career that delivered more than letters. Indeed, while driving the hundred-mile round-trip daily route, he passed the time by observing and recording seasonal changes in nature, learning everything he could about the area’s weather, plants and animals, and becoming the go-to guy who could answer customers’ questions about what they were seeing in the environment.