At first I blamed the cat. But now I see that it was probably due to Climate Change.
Posted on 12/11/2022 6:47:31 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
VANCOUVER — The effects of climate change are taking a toll on Christmas tree farms in British Columbia and beyond, with one forestry expert saying the sector that's already shrinking and shifting will need to adapt in the coming years
The trees take eight to 12 years to reach the size most people are looking for, and young seedlings are particularly vulnerable to climate risks, said Richard Hamelin, head of the forest conservation sciences department at the University of B.C.
Much of the province has experienced prolonged drought and extreme heat over the last two summers, and the seedlings have shallow root systems that don't reach beyond the very dry layers of soil near the surface, Hamelin explained.
On top of that, wet, cool soils increase the risk of root diseases, he noted.
Meanwhile, older trees may survive but lose their needles or turn brown as a result of extreme heat and drought, he added.
Climate change is also causing warmer weather overall, fuelling activity among pests that can plague trees already weakened by drought or disease, he said.
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Can there be any better justification to spend $100 trillion in the vague hope it might reduce temperatures 1 degree in 100 years?
Does anyone still use real trees? At upwards of 50 bucks each, we stated using fake over a decade ago.cheaper, cleaner, easier. We do miss the smell, though.
Oh come on they’re just trees and trees are everywhere except where the climate cult had them cut down for wind/solar
Much of the province has experienced prolonged drought and extreme heat over the last two summers, and the seedlings have shallow root systems that don’t reach beyond the very dry layers of soil near the surface, Hamelin explained.
On top of that, wet, cool soils increase the risk of root diseases, he noted.
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It’s both hot and dray and cold and damp. That is bad.
“Does anyone still use real trees?”
Uh, yes.
Shortest summer and coldest year in decades.
I don’t doubt there was drought and warmer temps in some areas in recent years, but is this a temporary weather pattern or part of global warming? It seems that media constantly blames climate change for all weather changes. Colder than normal winters? Those are arctic blasts caused by climate change. Drought? Must be climate change. Hurricanes? Oh, that’s climate change for sure.
I wish I could trust the media, but they have proven themselves to be thoroughly partisan. That honestly appears to include people on both sides of the climate change argument, although only one side seems to want to censor the other. That’s usually an indication of which side is lying.
You can get little bags of pine scent, just hang one on your artificial tree.
As we've gotten older we tend to have our Christmas celebration at our son's family's home. Over the years we've gone from real trees to artificial trees to a ceramic tree that takes 2 minutes to set up. Nobody's going to see anything from the outside as we're at the end of a dead end road.
Plants need co2 to grow..God did a good job balancing things out...and somehow, man thinks he’s smarter.
Temps are below average here in Upstate NY...going on a week now...
On top of that, wet, cool soils increase the risk of root diseases, he noted.
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"It’s both hot and dray and cold and damp. That is bad."
I caught that, too. Always a reason to peep and moan, regardless.
I’m in the Pacific Northwest - we drive by tree farms every day. I was shocked that a 8’ tree was $190...but we bought it anyway. It’s Nordmann Fir and looks like it has silver underneath some of the needles. Very beautiful.
Quacks can get paid to be “scientists” if they push the agw narrative. Scientists can be defined if they do real science related to the narrative. AGW is not a theory anymore, it is fraud.
Climate change!
Christmas trees hardest hit!
Is there not a large blank space in the middle? Do you ever see a story which fills in this area? Do you ever read a story that uses words like sun and ocean?
I will submit there is no evidence of man-made global warming because no adherent to the popular mythology will acknowledge the existence of the sun. All I have ever seen are comments on weather events or physical phenomenon involving temperature followed by an assertion global warming is the cause. Such reasoning requires a complete disconnect between events and conclusions, and is no more rigorous than Middle Age alchemy.
I have yet to find any article which attempts to measure the influence of the sun and then ascribe an increment to human activity. It was only since the late 70’s that it was possible to measure changes in the sun’s radiance independent of earth.
Even before that time any true scientist would have said data collected could not be analyzed, because people had known for centuries the sun was a variable star and it was not possible to separate influences for any mathematical computations. Now that it is possible to separate the influence of the sun the analysis of such a complicated interaction is still highly problematic. Therefore, political rhetoric must be substituted for application of the scientific method.
“Hot and dry and cold and damp” pretty much sums up the climate of my BC homeland.
>> VANCOUVER — The effects of climate change are taking a toll on Christmas tree farms in British Columbia and beyond, with one forestry expert saying the sector that’s already shrinking and shifting will need to adapt in the coming years
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These stories are always written as if not only has global warming been proven, but all these lifeforms rely on cold weather... as if any of these trees didn’t actually grow better in warmer weather.
(Yes, I looked it up and every species of evergreen grown on commercial farms in BC grows more abundantly in warmer climates.)
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