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.”
(Excerpt) Read more at chicagotribune.com ...
>>dd this to that grim list: The trees in your own backyard.<<
Therefore if you are black and I am black one of us must shoot the other to death.
Were those Trees there when the Land that Chicago is built on was under a Mile Thick Glacier?
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, but it was stolen from Chicago.
Wouldn’t it be cool to see Lakeshore drive lined with palm trees?!
Was it Climate Change that caused the Emerald Ash Borer to move south, killing every ash tree in Indiana?
Is that what’s causing that same bug to now move on to other tree species, like the hackberry?
The Queen city of a state that can’t even pay its lotto winners for months and has pensions going broke is worried about more important things than trees.
But wasn't Globull Warming supposed to be, well, warmer?
....i’m sure everyone who is shot in Chicago thinks “climate-change” is the biggest issue facing the city....
“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.”
It’s gonna get hot, but it’s gonna be cold.
It’s a cold heat.
Palm trees on lake shore drive.
Destruction of trees and grass has been ongoing for decades due to occupants of residences doing all manner of damage including urination, barbecues, trash, and not caring for plantings.
The term ‘Ghetto grass’ has described all of that for years.
What tree has the highest resistance to lead? That tree will be the best suited for Chicago.
Trees in cities basically die from the “homeless” pissing and crapping on them.
democrat voters shooting up democrat voters doesn’t count. The trees are what counts.
With all the shootings, will there be anyone left to notice?
There’s always palm trees.
“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”..............Wrong!....When I think of climate change I think of how they occur & the God who controls those things;not the nitwits who think they can change it by spreading falsehoods.
I’ve planted 300+ trees on my property over the years...some times they need a little extra water...
It’s Friday afternoon, the work week is over — I think I’ll turn on the hose, grab a beer or three and get outside in the 90 degree temperature and help out the trees for an hour or so.
Of course I’m not smart on the same level as anyone in Chicago...
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