Walden Warming: Climate Change comes to Thoreau's Woods - Richard B. Primack (hardcover)

If you’ve ever wanted for a clear, evidence-based case study on the effects of climate change, look no further than “Walden Warming: Climate Change Comes to Thoreau’s Woods” by Richard B. Primack. Using Henry Thoreau’s meticulous phenology (seasonal occurrences of natural phenomena, like migrating bird arrivals and plant flowering) notes from Walden Pond in the mid 1800s, Conservation Biologist Dr. Richard Primack compares the immense data set to present day records. This book offers the results in an accessible and engaging format, with startling revelations that widen our understanding of climate change and deepen the intimacy between the American people and the iconic Pond. A must read for those interested in the iconic naturalist Thoreau, his contemporary Primack, conservation biology, phenology, natural history, or climate change. This book is appropriate for adults and teenagers with a propensity for science. 252 pages.