Robert M. Thorson

Joined Atlas Obscura in 2024

Robert Thorson is Professor of Earth Sciences at the University of Connecticut, where he juggles teaching, writing, mentoring, committee work, and community engagement. He's a Midwestern native turned Northwestern geologist, turned Northeastern academic.

robertthorson.clas.uconn.edu

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A stone wall stretches into the distance in Harpswell, Maine, one of thousands that together, by volume, are larger than the Great Wall of China, Hadrian's Wall, and the Pyramids of Giza combined.

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Why New England's Stone Walls Are Unlike Any Others

Bigger than the Great Wall of China, Hadrian's Wall, and the Pyramids of Giza combined, the region's ubiquitous stone walls are also a unique ecological habitat.

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