Forests
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I love time lapse photos, and this new one showing a year in the life of a forest is a beautiful addition to the genre. Enjoy it!
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The US Fish and Wildlife Service had an interesting story this week about two farmers in the Southeast who are working to restore longleaf pine forests in the region. Longleaf pine acreage was reduced to about 3 million acres at one time but is now making a comeback thanks to the work of these folks. …
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While there is no drought in the Southeast this summer, we are still seeing impacts of past droughts on trees around the area. WABE published a story this week describing the consequences of drought-damaged trees when severe storms bring high winds to the area. You can read about it at https://news.wabe.org/post/summer-storms-bring-down-drought-damaged-trees-atlanta.
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Here is a very interesting article about how the percentage of land in agriculture across the world has changed over time. If you look at the changes in cropland in the Southeast, you can see decreases in the coastal plains and increases in other areas. Not too surprising, since forested land is not considered to…
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Phys.org published an article earlier this month on a new study of the Amazon rain forest which shows observationally that the end of the dry season there is triggered by water vapor emanating from the trees there. According to the article, until now scientists have not been able to determine why the rainy season begins…
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When a tree is hit by lightning, the damage can be severe in some cases and incidental in others. It’s not always easy to tell how badly the tree was injured just by looking at it. What do you need to do after the damage occurs? Walter Reeves, the Georgia Gardener, discusses this in a…
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Extreme droughts in southern France and western Canada (this one I think is linked to the drought that is plaguing the Northern Plains right how) are causing tinder-dry conditions which are flaring into large and numerous wildfires in those regions. Here are two stories about the impacts of those fires. AgWeb noted that more than…