2024 Wildlife Window Nature Series

How Life Lives 

To engage Life on Earth meaningfully, a person must understand two concepts that are separate yet intricately connected to form the foundation of Life that makes living happen.  The first is identity and the second is process.  Identity involves a hierarchy of relatedness — petunias and ferns are both plants but are obviously different kinds of plants.  Process involves how biotic events such as pollination and abiotic events such as fire separately yet collectively influence both survival and what lives where.  This year’s theme will focus on the biotic and abiotic processes that explain how Life manages to keep on going. 

Freezing: A Fourth Kind of Meaningful Destruction

Water exists as a gas, a liquid, or a solid depending on temperature.  Liquid water serves as a vital life-sustaining substance.  Solid water — ice — serves more as an agent of change.  Ice splits rock and dams streams; and though seemingly destructive, these processes sustain Life.

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