Forests
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Did you have trees that fell over due to winds from Hurricane Irma? If they are not too big, you may be able to right them using the information provided by Walter Reeves, Georgia master gardener, in this blog post at https://www.walterreeves.com/landscaping/tree-straightening-when-blown-over. Anything bigger than about 15 feet tall will probably not survive, though, and needs…
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The Washington Post had an interesting column earlier this week on the air quality issues associated with the extensive forest fires that are occurring out west this year. I remember last year how fires associated with the 2016 drought in the Southeast brought smoky conditions to my area and walking outside meant walking into smoky…
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Paul Pugliese of the University of Georgia talks about tree damage from Hurricane Irma that occurred across Georgia earlier this week. He describes the types of damage that were seen, including branch breakage and wind throw and uprooting of entire trees. He also includes a section on how you can protect yourself and your property…
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While most of us in the Southeast are focused on dealing with the reality that is Irma, producers in other parts of the US are dealing with their own disasters. I will discuss the impacts of Harvey tomorrow. Today I want to discuss the wildfires out west, which have covered a huge amount of territory.…
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Now that we are in meteorological fall, many folks’ thought turn to falling leaves and autumn colors. When do the peak colors occur in any area? While the display of colors changes from year to year depending on the weather patterns from the previous summer and the fall weather patterns, here is a neat website…
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Hurricane Andrew crossed the Florida peninsula just south of Miami 25 years ago and ripped up mangrove cover along the coastlines with its storm surge and extreme winds. According to a story this week in the Miami Herald, “Michael Ross, a landscape ecologist at Florida International University, has been visiting the same stand of mangroves…
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According to an article recently published in Nature magazine, the last very large El Nino created a surge in carbon dioxide in the global atmosphere which added to amounts already being added by manmade pollution. According to the article, “Measurements taken by NASA’s Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2) satellite, which measures the level of carbon dioxide…