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Post by clones clone on Nov 7, 2010 21:17:39 GMT -8
Scots Pine Trees Dying Across Midwest November 7, 2010 For many years, residents in Bel Aire have noticed the pine needles on their Scots Pine trees are turning brown, and soon after the discovery, the entire tree was dead. "When you looked out and saw that they died in about a week to two weeks, it made you want to cry," said Diane Martin, Bel Aire. Martin has now lost three 30-foot trees, all of them Scots Pines. "All of the trees had been treated for a number of years for any of the common diseases that pine trees get, and they'd been treated twice a year. This last year, we hoped to do the pine wilt treatment in hopes it wouldn't get it, but it was obviously too late, because it did get it," said Martin. www.kake.com/news/headlines/Scots_Pine_Trees_Dying_Across_Midwest_106862128.html
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Post by clone on Nov 7, 2010 21:23:39 GMT -8
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Post by clone on Nov 8, 2010 7:04:41 GMT -8
PINE BEETLE Dendroctonus ponderosae ian.umces.edu/imagelibrary/displayimage-topd--71-4277.htmlSASKATCHEWAN HOSTS MOUNTAIN PINE BEETLE SYMPOSIUM www.gov.sk.ca/news?newsId=d692f8ab-5c30-44dd-9310-4a93c04d1e66Yes, trees in the inland Northwest, especially in British Columbia, are increasingly stained in azure shades. The explanation is such a perfect example of ecological interactions that, like foxes and rabbits, it might start appearing in biology textbooks. cascadiascorecard.typepad.com/blog/2004/08/index.htmlPine Shoot Beetle - Tomicus piniperda The common (or larger) pine shoot beetle (PSB) is native to Europe and Asia. It was first discovered in the U.S. near Cleveland, Ohio, in 1992. threatsummary.forestthreats.org/threats/threatSummaryViewer.cfm?threatID=54www.opinion250.com/blog/view/7003/3/how+long+will+the+beetle+wood+last%3FSouthern Pine Beetle - Dendroctonus frontalis The southern pine beetle (SPB) is one of pine's most destructive insect pests in the southern U.S., Mexico, and Central America. Because populations build rapidly to outbreak proportions and large numbers of trees are killed, SPB generates considerable concern among managers of southern pine forests. threatsummary.forestthreats.org/threats/threatSummaryViewer.cfm?threatID=11www.goblinforest.com/glasses.htmwww.goblinforest.com/glasses.htm
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Post by clone on Nov 8, 2010 7:26:27 GMT -8
Interesting ! "A free collection of images for use in science communication with a focus on Chesapeake Bay and its watershed" __________________ CODE RED: THE RUBICON CONSPIRACY Cloaked Worms and Viruses They’re Not Just for Computers By Michael Edward While I was doing some research on computer viruses and worms for a security program I’m developing, something hit me: What if there was a parallel between these computer virus-worms with newly discovered biological viruses found in humans and animals? In my preliminary research, I began to see various patterns, such as computer virus-worms being discovered or released right before major world events. That was when I decided it would also be important to research the names of these virus-worms. Although the technical meanings are different, many times a worm is improperly called a virus and vice versa, so it’s important to understand what both computer & biological virus-worms are. www.apfn.net/messageboard/02-26-04/discussion.cgi.86.html
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Post by clone on Nov 14, 2010 10:50:39 GMT -8
Jan 22, 2008 7:30 pm US/Mountain Duo Makes Pine Beetle Infested Wood Their Business SUMMIT COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4) ― A one-of-a-kind business has found a way to turn trees dying from pine beetle infestation into a useful product that can be used for homes and other structures. Breckenridge Timber to Log takes the dying trees while they are still fresh, strips off the bark, and produces a finished log similar to Lincoln Logs. But what's unique about the wood is its color. "It has a unique blue stain, commonly known as blue denim," said business partner Matt Dayton, whose parents Gene and Therese began the operation. "People use it for paneling, cabinets ... all sorts of things." cbs4denver.com/local/pine.beetle.wood.2.635773.htmlBlue Stain: www.mpb.alberta.ca/Files/blue%20stain.JPGwww.mpb.alberta.ca/whatcanyoudo/Isitmpb.aspxThere is nice furniture from those disease knots/ wood canker that I've seen too.
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Post by bamboo on Nov 23, 2010 7:58:40 GMT -8
Wi-Fi Makes Trees Sick, Study Says City trees are becoming sick from wireless radiation from local area networks and mobile phones, according to a European study. Nov 19, 2010 2:09 pm Radiation from Wi-Fi networks is harmful to trees, causing significant variations in growth, as well as bleeding and fissures in the bark, according to a recent study in the Netherlands. All deciduous trees in the Western world are affected, according to the study by Wageningen University. The city of Alphen aan den Rijn ordered the study five years ago after officials found unexplained abnormalities on trees that couldn't be ascribed to a virus or bacterial infection. Additional testing found the disease to occur throughout the Western world. In the Netherlands, about 70 percent of all trees in urban areas show the same symptoms, compared with only 10 percent five years ago. Trees in densely forested areas are hardly affected. www.pcworld.com/article/211219/study_says_wifi_makes_trees_sick.html?tk=rss_news
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Post by bamboo on Nov 23, 2010 8:12:52 GMT -8
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Post by clone on Jan 10, 2011 1:20:01 GMT -8
Sudden death for thousands of trees GMT 08 Jan 2011 Already 4 million trees have been felled or marked for destruction. More are expected to be chopped down in the coming years because the warmer, wetter conditions expected with climate change encourage the spread of the disease. In the latest cull, a landowner in the Quantock Hills in Somerset was forced to cut down 50,000 trees, while the National Trust chopped down 10,000 larch trees in the area. Landowners face crippling costs for felling sick trees, while walkers are urged to disinfect boots to stop P. ramorum, which is a fungal disease, spreading on their feet. www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/8247580/Sudden-death-for-thousands-of-trees.html?sms_ss=facebook&at_xt=4d290bc536fc170e,0
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Post by clone on Jun 28, 2011 10:09:59 GMT -8
A lot of carpenters are putting it to use anyway. I don't know why it's not logged commercially. I guess loggers like the live ones better. It's a nice wood imo. MOUNTAIN WOODWORKS HAND CRAFTED PINE BEETLE FURNITURE All of the tables that are hand crafted by Randy Blunt are made from trees that were subject to the pine beetle blight in the Rocky Mountain Region. Each table is unique and Randy uses a book-matching technique which creates a mirror like image of each side of the table. Go to the furniture page to see tables he has available. Randy is happy to custom design furniture to your specifications www.pinebeetlefurnishings.com/
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Post by clone on Sept 25, 2011 4:42:47 GMT -8
Religion and Ecology Among China's Blang People ScienceDaily (Sep. 22, 2011) However, during a three-month annual Buddhist festival that marks the beginning of the rainy season, there is a prohibition on cutting down large trees. While in traditional times the trees might have been cut down for building houses, these days they are cut down to increase the land available for tea production. Observance of the tree-cutting injunction has a positive effect on the local ecology by slowing the tree removal. It also demonstrates how indigenous religion and culture can be an ally in promoting conservation efforts. www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110920120236.htm
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Post by clone on Nov 26, 2011 8:24:22 GMT -8
Graffiti Tracks Belo Horizonte's Murdered Trees in Chalk Outlines "The city has a hot and dry climate. A tree near a home makes much difference," says Armando Fontes, a designer from Rio de Janeiro. With the stumps that remain after cutting the trees, Fontes draws what would have been the shadow of the tree that once existed there. For more information, see the project website: chalkoutlinetree.tumblr.com or follow @outlinetree on Twitter. www.environmentalgraffiti.com/graffiti/news-chalk-outline-tree-project
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Post by clone on Dec 23, 2011 12:04:12 GMT -8
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Post by kyoto on Jan 1, 2012 5:56:57 GMT -8
Bark beetles, climate change and our future December 28, 2011 Recently, a classmate from the University of B.C. asked what I thought about Canada backing out of the Kyoto agreement, and if there was any connection between the insatiable bark beetles infesting the province’s forests and the rising temperatures on Earth. First, trees are effectively the greatest CO2 warehouses ever created. For every metric ton of wood grown, 1.5 metric tons of CO2 is absorbed and one metric ton of oxygen is released. www.vancouversun.com/technology/Bark+beetles+climate+change+future/5920382/story.html
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Post by clone on Jan 26, 2012 16:44:07 GMT -8
Destroyed Burns Lake sawmill warned of unsafe levels of sawdust in December Last updated Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012 12:11AM EST Shortly after the blast, welder Bruce Disher said he had often noticed “phenomenal” levels of dust in the mill, caused by the cutting of excessively dry pine wood harvested from forests ravaged by the pine beetle. Two B.C. sawmill workers are still missing after an explosion at their Burns Lake mill Friday. Fire Chief Jim McBride says he has never seen anything like the mill fire in his 36 years with the service. Mr. Disher also said he had set off small dust explosions himself with his welding torch, but Wednesday he clarified his comments, saying those incidents took place some time before new, drier wood showed up at the mill. m.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/bc-sawmill-destroyed-by-blast-cited-for-unsafe-levels-of-sawdust/article2314866/?service=mobile
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Post by clone on Feb 1, 2012 15:59:57 GMT -8
Climate change drying out forests in western Canada Date: Monday Jan. 30, 2012 3:49 PM ET In the West, trees were growing slower as well as dying younger. Peng and his colleagues concluded that western boreal forests were producing two tonnes of wood less per hectare in 2008 compared to the early 1970s. The trend appears to be picking up speed. "After 2000, there's a bigger jolt," said Peng. "That's really obvious." www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/Canada/20120130/Climate-change-drying-out-forests-in-western-Canada-120130/Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba
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