Posted on 08/17/2018 11:30:51 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
When you think of climate change, you might be thinking melting glaciers, massive hurricanes or polar bears on dwindling ice floes. Add this to that grim list: The trees in your own backyard.
The birches in the corner of your kid’s favorite park, the towering spruce in your suburban backyard, that graceful linden on your block — all are likely to disappear from Chicago’s landscape over the next few decades, casualties of a climate that is suddenly ill-suited to their needs.
Yet, at least one corner of Chicago should have a pretty good chance of retaining most of its trees in the face of worsening climate change, says entomologist and climate scientist Dan Herms.
“There are a list of species that will be favored as the climate gets warmer and the precipitation patterns change,” says Herms on a walk around the island with Chicago arborist Shawn Kingzette, “and this is literally the list of those trees.”
We all know Chicago’s climate is tough — for our trees, it’s about to get a lot tougher.
“We’ll have wet springs, more big storms in the summer, but not necessarily more precipitation,” says Herms. “More snow will be falling as rain. And it looks like the polar vortex will be a part of the change in climate. It will continue to be a factor for the Midwest and Northeastern United States.”
In other words, says Kingzette, who also works for Davey Tree, “You might be able to grow Southern varieties (of trees) here as the climate gets warmer, but they also had better be able to tolerate 20 below.”
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“We’ll have wet springs, more big storms in the summer, but not necessarily more precipitation,”
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Dry rain. Rain Lite. All the wetness. Half the moisture.
I’d be more worried about bullet holes in the trees.
Yup climate change didnt take away our ash trees, some assh0les who brought in the stinking asian beetle did.
Is it just me or does it seem there’s been a renewed onslaught of Bullshit climate change articles being published in the past few months.
Maybe coinciding with summer heat? I don’t recall this kind of barrage back in the cold months of winter.
Isn't Hussein leveling an entire park for his new liebarry and bath house?
Chicago’s gonna run out of people due to murder before they run out of trees....
Global Warming on Free Republic here, here and here
If one thug shoots another thug in Chicago and due to the sound of gunfire a tree falls and everyone is dead; does it make a sound?
Um, we have lots and lots, and lots of birch trees here in Alaska. They are green as heck, even with this “warming”.
A crock o` poo, follow the money.
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