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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Lying scum.
The Kooks are all experts and they never give up
Do not try to reason with them using logic, you are pissing into the wind
There are no, zero, zip “experts” on Climate Change/Global Warming or seas rising, period! Not one iota of verifiable proof has ever been given, just a lot of hokey data that means nothing! No one but no one can predict anything about the future or they would all be rich (oops, forgot that the purveyors of this BS already are). I can predict the future as an expert for each and every one of you..................we are all going to die, some sooner than later. Now put that in your pipe and smoke it! Oops, shouldn’t be smoking or you will die sooner than later!
Dad always said, “You gotta die of something, might as well be something you enjoy.”
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