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Category: How Earth Works

Sunrise over the bluebell woodland at Badbury Rings, Dorset.
January 14January 13 Donna L. Long

Land not Nature

Northbourne: summer solstice sunset (3)
December 21December 26 Donna L. Long

Celebrating the Winter Solstice (with videos)

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December 17December 26 Donna L. Long

Winter Solstice Arrives (with video)

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December 10December 10 Donna L. Long

Forest Forensics: A Wolf Tree Tells a Tale

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Space: No Longer an Option?

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March 12November 30 Donna L. Long

Robins, Worms, and Rain

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October 16March 5 Donna L. Long

Using the Pleiades as a Natural Calendar (with video)

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September 18December 12 Donna L. Long

Living Life as Ceremony

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June 19November 16 Donna L. Long

Plan B: How to Prepare for Our Changing World

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June 12January 17 Donna L. Long

What Types of Clouds Cause Summer Rain?

Dead Fraser Fir Trees over 6000 feet above sea level in the Smoky Mountains
May 22January 19 Donna L. Long

Biodiversity, Indigenous Peoples, and the Future

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April 24December 12 Donna L. Long

Spiraling Ostrich Ferns and the Road of Life

April 17December 12 Donna L. Long

Disconnection from the Earth: The Biggest Con

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March 20December 12 Donna L. Long

We are Made for the Darkness

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April 15January 17 Donna L. Long

Colonialism vs. Conservation: National Parks and Indigenous Peoples

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