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Alaskan boreal forest fires release more carbon than trees can absorb

2015-10-19 21:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

ScienceDaily: A new analysis of fire activity in Alaska's Yukon Flats finds that so many forest fires are occurring there that the area has become a net exporter of carbon to the atmosphere. This is worrisome, the researchers say, because arctic and subarctic boreal forests like those of the Yukon Flats contain roughly one-third of Earth's terrestrial carbon stores. The research is reported in the journal Nature Climate Change. Alaska fire records go back only to 1939, and scientists often assume that present-day...

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Doubly Green Trees

2015-10-14 20:41:53| Waste Management - Topix.net

In a study published in the Journal of Environmental Quality, these tree species were the best at removing storm water from bioswales and back into the atmosphere-a process known as water cycling. These heroic trees were part of an upgraded parking lot and visitor center built at the Morton Arboretum, just outside Chicago.

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FPL Volunteers Help Plant Right Trees in Right Place

2015-10-13 18:03:00| Transmission & Distribution World

Dozens of employees from Florida Power & Light Co. donated their time to help plant 500 seedlings in an endangered pine rockland area read more

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Risk Trees & Wildfire Risk

2015-10-13 17:25:00| Transmission & Distribution World

One of the major causes of power line initiated wildfires is trees or tree parts falling into electrical conductors. What can a utility reasonably do to reduce this risk? read more

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Risk Trees & Wildfire Risk

2015-10-13 17:12:00| Transmission & Distribution World

One of the major causes of power line initiated wildfires is trees or tree parts falling into electrical conductors. What can a utility reasonably do to reduce this risk? read more

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