The first ever White Mountains Almanac has been published.

A mix of research and illustration, the publication was released by the Mount Washington Observatory, the Appalachian Mountain Club and the Hubbard Brook Ecosystem Study. It’s a month-by-month look at the changes in the region’s climate and ecosystem.

Mike Carmon is the summit weather operations manager for the Observatory and managed the team that developed the almanac. He spoke with NHPR’s All Things Considered host Julia Furukawa about how the almanac came to be and what it tells us about the White Mountains.

Transcript

What inspired this almanac? Why publish one specifically on the White Mountains?

Yeah, I think when it comes to talking about climatology and specifically climate change, we don't necessarily always focus on

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