Comments on: Climate Relicts: My new story for Yale Environment 360 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2011/08/29/climate-relicts-my-new-story-for-yale-environment-360/ A blog about life, past and future. Written by DISCOVER contributing editor and columnist Carl Zimmer. Sat, 26 May 2012 01:25:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: a bad case of story head | Class-y Writing http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2011/08/29/climate-relicts-my-new-story-for-yale-environment-360/comment-page-1/#comment-61274 a bad case of story head | Class-y Writing Mon, 05 Sep 2011 21:58:30 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/?p=4957#comment-61274 [...] so I just read Carl Zimmer’s blog entry, Climate Relicts — which points to a piece he wrote for Yale Environment 360, published by the Yale School of [...] [...] so I just read Carl Zimmer’s blog entry, Climate Relicts — which points to a piece he wrote for Yale Environment 360, published by the Yale School of [...]

]]> By: David B. Benson http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2011/08/29/climate-relicts-my-new-story-for-yale-environment-360/comment-page-1/#comment-61201 David B. Benson Mon, 05 Sep 2011 01:55:02 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/?p=4957#comment-61201 Carl Zimmer --- Dug out and fixed up yet? More coming... Carl Zimmer — Dug out and fixed up yet? More coming…

]]> By: Monkey http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2011/08/29/climate-relicts-my-new-story-for-yale-environment-360/comment-page-1/#comment-61184 Monkey Sun, 04 Sep 2011 14:26:41 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/?p=4957#comment-61184 @Ian Marsman - I, too, have witnessed the Ouimet Canyon beauty. At the time I had heard of it only as a breathtaking place and knew nothing of this mico-biome aspect. I'd like to see it again with new eyes...but your comments got me looking into it and im glad that you mentioned it. While we were driving from Toronto to Prince George in BC we drove right by the turnoff as we felt in a rush. But, I remembered the tale of the canyon and did a loop on the hwy, turned back and took the road to the canyon. Worth. Every. Moment. Ill use this new info in my bio classes in the future! @Carl - Damn, man....how do you always dig up the coolest stories?!?! This blog is never a "same old, same old" story feed like many others. refreshing, every time. Keep safe, enjoy the clean up. @Ian Marsman – I, too, have witnessed the Ouimet Canyon beauty. At the time I had heard of it only as a breathtaking place and knew nothing of this mico-biome aspect. I’d like to see it again with new eyes…but your comments got me looking into it and im glad that you mentioned it. While we were driving from Toronto to Prince George in BC we drove right by the turnoff as we felt in a rush. But, I remembered the tale of the canyon and did a loop on the hwy, turned back and took the road to the canyon. Worth. Every. Moment. Ill use this new info in my bio classes in the future!

@Carl – Damn, man….how do you always dig up the coolest stories?!?! This blog is never a “same old, same old” story feed like many others. refreshing, every time. Keep safe, enjoy the clean up.

]]> By: Ian Marsman http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2011/08/29/climate-relicts-my-new-story-for-yale-environment-360/comment-page-1/#comment-60908 Ian Marsman Tue, 30 Aug 2011 17:25:27 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/?p=4957#comment-60908 Ouimet Canyon and Cavern Lake in Ontario have cold microclimates that have allowed plants normally seen only in arctic tundra to survive the last retreat of the ice sheets from around Lake Superior. I have been there before and it is spectacular. To protect the delicate ecosystem at the base of Ouimet Canyon you are not allowed to go there and there is a sad lack of photos and information detailing what it is actually like down there. I did find one article though: http://nhic.mnr.gov.on.ca/MNR/nhic/documents/winter199697/winter9697.html Ouimet Canyon and Cavern Lake in Ontario have cold microclimates that have allowed plants normally seen only in arctic tundra to survive the last retreat of the ice sheets from around Lake Superior. I have been there before and it is spectacular. To protect the delicate ecosystem at the base of Ouimet Canyon you are not allowed to go there and there is a sad lack of photos and information detailing what it is actually like down there. I did find one article though:

http://nhic.mnr.gov.on.ca/MNR/nhic/documents/winter199697/winter9697.html

]]> By: Jim Johnson http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2011/08/29/climate-relicts-my-new-story-for-yale-environment-360/comment-page-1/#comment-60852 Jim Johnson Mon, 29 Aug 2011 15:28:27 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/?p=4957#comment-60852 "The URL is not valid and cannot be loaded." However, the link under "Check it out" at the bottom works. <strong>[CZ: Thanks. Link fixed.]</strong> “The URL is not valid and cannot be loaded.” However, the link under “Check it out” at the bottom works.

[CZ: Thanks. Link fixed.]

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