Destructive winds during storms and cyclones often cause tree failures, especially through uprooting and stem breakage. However, how trees respond to wind under various forest configurations and ...
From community solar farms to co-owned wind turbines, eco-inventors are coming up with new ways to bring renewable power into our homes. Now, micro wind turbines designed to look like trees are ...
The recent stormy weather has reminded all of us that it does not have to be hurricane season for us to be concerned about how our trees will hold up in windstorms. In Florida, strong thunderstorms, ...
“Many of the trees that fell during Hurricane Hermine could have been predicted,” says Stan Rosenthal, UF/IFAS Leon County Forestry Extension Agent Emeritus, with over 35 years experience in Urban and ...
I don’t know if this winter has been unusual in how high some of our wind speeds have been, after all these years, winters kind of run together. However, I think it's safe to say that we've had some ...
Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Trees may seem sedentary, but movement is a big part of their lives ...
Who would have thought it, but I find myself writing and thinking about wind in March. Wonder why? One of the common comments that I get from people starting in February, and certainly into March, ...
We expected the cold. It was, after all, the Winter Olympics. But the wind is what has made an impression on many of us visiting Pyeongchang. It's even caused competition schedules to be rewritten.
A French start up called New Wind, has made a design for silent wind trees that have been installed at the United Nation's Conference on Climate Change (referred to as COP21). The trees, outside of ...
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) - Strong winds have swept through the Ozarks, creating challenges for nature and residents. While all trees feel the impact, some are more vulnerable than others. Bradford pear ...