Winter Solstice Means That Beyond Bare Branches Lies a World Waiting to Bloom
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The darkest day is the birthday of hope: For many thousands of years, that is what the winter solstice has meant to people all over the world.  It is the shortest day of the year, when night has its greatest dominion. But it also is the day that light begins to grow.
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Astronomically, winter officially arrives in North Dakota at 6:22 p.m. Dec. 21. That moment marks the winter solstice, the time at which the sun reaches its lowest point in the sky.
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Weather permitting, Southwestern Ontario residents will be treated to an enchanting celestial show tonight. Along with most of the rest of North America, the London region will be front-row centre for the
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Earlier blooms. Less snow to shovel. Unseasonable warm spells.
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By Doris Hajewski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel  Feb. 18--RANDOLPH -- It's a zero-degree February day outside, but inside the Jung Seed Co., the earthy smell of soil and peat moss is in the air, and with it comes the promise of spring.
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Scientists find many regions on Earth that once had permanent frozen ground are now experiencing a thaw.
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There's a ray of sunshine in all that doom and gloom.
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Today&#39;s The Day. Every blade of grass has been inspected and passed fit, every weather forecast scanned. Best Mate will, short of an overnight declaration of Armageddon, make his seasonal
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Subtle effects of global warming, silk stockings for spiders, springtime on Uranus and more.
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By Matt Krupnick, Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif.  Feb. 17--BERKELEY -- UC Berkeley scientists will wait at least another day to study the lights in the northern sky.
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Thousands of modern-day druids, pagans and partygoers converge each year on Stonehenge to celebrate the dawning of the longest day of the year in the northern hemisphere - the summer solstice.
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By Tatroe, Marcia  Planting  Flowers Scatter seeds of hardy annuals and biennials just before a snowstorm is forecast. Among those that prefer cool weather for germination are bachelor's button, California poppy, catchfly (Silene armeriaj.
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A SPECTACULAR total eclipse of the moon will be
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At this time of year, the world seems built for birds on the wing.
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Following the ravages of harsh winter weather and with spring just around the corner, now is the time to start thinking about brighter days and reclaiming our gardens.
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Expect this New Year to be really hot and sizzling.
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PINE FALLS, Manitoba -- Here on the edge of the silent and frozen northern tier of the Earth, the fate of the world's climate is buried beneath the snow and locked in the still limbs of aspen trees.