Monthly Archives: December 2015

Friday favorites: White forest

Posted on December 25, 2015 by

Snow falls on Huntington Forest in the Adirondacks, New York.

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Blooming in December

Posted on December 23, 2015 by

In Boston, the weather has been unseasonably warm this December. And it’s not just here. All over the Northeast US, parts of the Western US, in the UK, and beyond are still waiting for winter to arrive. The odd weather … Continue reading →

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Season Spotter shared at a recent science conference

Posted on December 21, 2015 by

Each December, thousands of scientists come together for the American Geophysical Union’s (AGU) annual conference making it the world’s single largest meeting of Earth and Space scientists. Each year, I leave this conference enthused, exhilarated — and exhausted! There is … Continue reading →

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Friday favorites: Ghost trees

Posted on December 18, 2015 by

Frost covers the tops of tamaracks, making them appear ghostly against the smaller black spruce trees in Prince Albert National Park, Saskatchewan, Canada.

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Jungle Rhythms: find the rhythm of tropical trees

Posted on December 16, 2015 by

This week I launched a new Zooniverse project, Jungle Rhythms, that aims to digitize thousands of pages of detailed historical observations of the life cycle of trees in Africa. Belgian scientists were stationed at the Yangambi Research Station in what … Continue reading →

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Surviving the winter as a tree

Posted on December 14, 2015 by

In much of the northern United States, temperatures are now regularly falling below freezing. For organisms made mostly of water — like you and me and all other animals and plants — this poses some problems. Many mobile creatures like … Continue reading →

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Friday favorites: Desert green

Posted on December 11, 2015 by

Even in some of the driest places in North America, plants survive. This image was taken by a PhenoCam overlooking the Jornada Experimental Range in New Mexico, a study area within the largest desert in North America: the Chihuahuan Desert.

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