EVST 260 Unseasonable: Documenting a Changing Climate

In this course, we will establish a phenological record -- a record of cyclic and seasonal events related to climate -- for Easton, Pennsylvania. After studying literary genres related to phenological observation -- herbariums, almanacs, georgics, and natural history journals -- we will document both historical and current planting dates, blooming dates, frost dates, and migratory arrivals. Past dates uncovered through archival research and present dates documented through observations at LaFarm will be entered into a database for comparison. [H]

Instructor

Dimick