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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.
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
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
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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