This is the world's hottest autumn on record – and it's impacting the climate system and human society
Relative to the long-term average, this autumn has been even hotter than summer.
Christopher J White, Head of the Centre for Water, Environment, Sustainability and Public Health, University of Strathclyde •
conversation
Nov. 14, 2023 • ~6 min
Nov. 14, 2023 • ~6 min
This is the hottest autumn on record – and it's impacting the climate system and human society
Relative to the long-term average, this autumn has been even hotter than summer.
Christopher J White, Head of the Centre for Water, Environment, Sustainability and Public Health, University of Strathclyde •
conversation
Nov. 14, 2023 • ~6 min
Nov. 14, 2023 • ~6 min
Want a healthier lawn? Instead of bagging fall leaves, take the lazy way out and get a more environmentally friendly yard
Mulching feeds your lawn and garden with nutrients and organic matter.
Susan Barton, Professor of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Delaware •
conversation
Nov. 8, 2023 • ~5 min
Nov. 8, 2023 • ~5 min
Light pollution is disrupting the seasonal rhythms of plants and trees, lengthening pollen season in US cities
Artificial light is upending trees’ ability to use the natural day-night cycle as a signal of seasonal change.
Yuyu Zhou, Associate Professor of Environmental Science, Iowa State University •
conversation
July 12, 2022 • ~5 min
July 12, 2022 • ~5 min
Climate change is muting fall colors, but it's just the latest way that humans have altered US forests
Warm autumn weather has produced dull leaf colors across the eastern US this year, but climate change isn’t the only way that humans have altered trees’ fall displays.
Marc Abrams, Professor of Forest Ecology and Physiology, Penn State •
conversation
Oct. 27, 2021 • ~8 min
Oct. 27, 2021 • ~8 min
/
1