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The Hermit Who Inadvertently Shaped Climate-Change Science
phenologyclimate changephenological mismatchGothic MountainRocky Mountain Biological LaboratoryGothicRocky MountainsColoradoColorado RiverbutterfliesErythronium grandiflorumSelasphorus platycercus
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It was a year into his life alone in Colorado's Rocky Mountains when Billy Barr began his recordings. It started as a curiosity, a task to busy his mind during the winter. By no means, Barr told me, having skied down from his cabin to use the nearest phone, did he set out to make a vital database fo
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