Daily Archives: December 1, 2024

Thursday, December 5, 3:00 pm Eastern – Mass Rivers Annual Meeting, Online

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This year, on December 5 on Zoom, the Mass Rivers Alliance is thrilled to welcome Professor Kostas Andreadis of UMass Amherst, who will explore NASA’s groundbreaking Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite mission and how it’s transforming our understanding of rivers, lakes, and the water cycle. Discover how this new technology measurements of water surface elevations and river widths help estimate river discharge as well as changes in river and lake storage. Don’t miss this chance to learn more about the future of hydrological science! Sign up on our website: massriversalliance.org.

Thursday, December 5, 6:00 pm – Boston Common Holiday Tree Lighting, followed at 8:15 pm by Lighting of Commonwealth Avenue Mall

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Thursday, December 5, 6:00 pm is the date and time of the lighting of the Boston Common. This exciting event takes place near the Visitors Information Center on Tremont St and stars the special tree sent as a gift from Nova Scotia. Mayor Michelle Wu will be joined by Santa and members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Refreshments, music, and entertainment will be provided by local groups. Lights on the tree – almost 7,000 of them – go on at about 7:55 pm, followed by lights on 80+ other trees throughout the Common and the Public Garden. This is the 53rd year of the event.

At 8:15, on the Commonwealth Avenue Mall, thousands of twinkling white lights transform this tree-filled parkway into a sparkling forest.