The Environment Forum: Joyce Chaplin, Harvard University: Climate in Words and Numbers: How People in Early America Recorded Weather in Almanacs, 1646-1821
Date and Time
March 3, 2025
12:00PM - 12:00PM EST
Location
Barker Center, Room 133, Harvard University, 12 Quincy St, Cambridge MA, 02138
A database of 10,661 almanacs, drawn from nine research libraries, is yielding information about how people in early America responded to weather events during the Little Ice Age by making notes in almanacs, using both words and numbers--though not always both at the same time.
Open to Harvard affiliates only; registration is required. Lunch will be provided.
This event is co-sponsored by the Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability.