Minnesota Phenology Network

ecnsChinese 24 Solar Terms: The Chinese wisdom of dividing timeecnsEach segment is called a solar term, which reflected the changes of the seasons, climate and phenology. What are the 24 Solar Terms? The 24 Solar Terms are part of the traditional Chinese calendar. It was originated along the Yellow River even before ...

Mount Airy NewsCollege to host wine symposiumMount Airy NewsOther symposium sessions will cover a variety of topics: Monitoring Grapevine Phenology, Viticultural Practices for Different Wine Styles, Trunk and Cordon Diseases, Managing pH in the Winery, Building Mouthfeel, and Quality in Wine Canning.

Detroit Lakes OnlineSweet little juncos come with the spring and fallDetroit Lakes OnlineWhat this bird represents to most people with an eye to the calendar and an interest in phenology, is that the dark-eyed junco is an avian. harbinger, to be sure. In October and November, and in late winter-early spring, juncos converge on the ...

Popular ScienceCemeteries are the perfect spot to track our planet's demisePopular SciencePhenology is the practice of observing and recording the shifts in “nature's calendar,” according to the USA National Phenology Network. (It has nothing to do with phrenology, the pseudoscience whose practitioners believed bumps and depressions on the ...

Kiowa County PressEarthTalk – Do environmental factors influence fall colors?Kiowa County PressA 2016 study by Chinese researchers and published in the peer-reviewed scientific journal Global Change Biology found trees changing color ("phenology") later than in recorded history across 70 percent of the study area (the Northern Hemisphere), ...

Earth Talk: Is fall foliage compromised due to climate change ...Bristol Herald Courier (press release) (blog)Dear EarthTalk: Do environmental factors influence fall foliage colors?and more »

Cemeteries are the perfect spot to track our planet's demise  Popular ScienceBetween the headstones at Mount Auburn Cemetery in Massachusetts, citizen scientists record data on changing plant, animal, and insect behavior.

GazetteNETEarth Matters: Sharing nature on InstagramGazetteNETI see Instagram as a way to contribute to phenology, the study of the timing of natural phenomena. To my delight, I can scroll back through my photos — or those of others — and see what was blooming or buzzing on a given date in history. I dream of ...

Solano district turns third-graders into climate-change scientistsFairfield Daily Republic“Changes in phenological events impact how we humans live our lives and interact with our environment every day. Understanding the timing of these events, such as the emergence of pollinators or when it will rain, helps farmers plan when to plant or ...

Queens Daily EagleFrom the Editors of EarthTalk Magazine: Dear EarthTalkQueens Daily EagleA 2016 study by Chinese researchers and published in the peer-reviewed scientific journal Global Change Biology found trees changing color (“phenology”) later than in recorded history across 70 percent of the study area (the Northern Hemisphere), ...

EscambrayTrinidad: Floristic Treasures of Casilda are in DangerEscambrayThe project plans to update the flora inventory and the vegetation map of the quartzitic sand areas of Trinidad's coastal plains, to document the phenology of local endemic species, to carry out ecological studies on the structure of plant communities ...

Aitkin Independent AgePhenologyAitkin Independent AgeIn retrospect, long before I heard the word phenology, it was a part of my being. The dictionary defines phenology as, “A branch of science dealing with the relations between climate and periodic biological phenomena (such as bird migration or plant ...

Seacoastonline.comNature News: Day length, temperature change create fall colorSeacoastonline.comLeaves change color as they prepare to die and fall off the tree. The timing of leaf color change in the fall is primarily driven by day length and seasonal temperature change. According to the National Phenology Network: “Trees change color when they ...

Foster's Daily DemocratNature News: Day length, temperature change create fall colorFoster's Daily DemocratLeaves change color as they prepare to die and fall off the tree. The timing of leaf color change in the fall is primarily driven by day length and seasonal temperature change. According to the National Phenology Network: “Trees change color when they ...

wlfi.comOctober 7-14: Last Week's Top Ten Listwlfi.comLooking at the climatology of storms, snowfall, frost/freezing, drought, phenology (when plants bud & bloom in spring....birds return) & winds, once you drive north of Brookston, the climate is much more like the Chicago area. South of there, including ...

Biological Science Technician (Plants) Job in Multiple Locations – Department of AgricultureLemonWire... diversity, etc. experimental layout, seeding or planting, fertilizer or pesticide treatment, Monitoring plant phenology and made collections of seed and vegetative materials, Conducting surveys for sensitive plants in project areas that included on ...Google News

Meeting notiesThisWeek Community NewsDan Herms, currently vice president of research and development at Davy Tree and formerly an entomology professor at OARDC, presented a program on phenology, which he described as the foundational science of life, the relationship between biology ...

Phys.OrgHow drought and other extremes impact water pollutionPhys.Org... accompanied by the diminished snowpack that has become so familiar across entire regions of the mountainous West. We wanted to quantify the influence of changes in snowmelt timing and snowpack depth on nitrogen fluxes and plant phenology at our ...

Bulletin Board: Roseville-Little Canada Review/Bulletin Area • October 1, 2018Lillie NewsThe Lake Owasso Garden Club event “Introduction to Phenology” will be at Centennial United Methodist Church on Monday, Oct. 8, starting at 7 p.m. Come and learn about local phenology with Matt Schutt, a naturalist from the Minnesota Arboretum. For ...

The SouthernerDriven To Discover program presents many benefits for South science teachers and students alikeThe SouthernerThe program was separated into four groups, each one studying birds, pollinators, phenology and dragonflies. Throughout their days, South teachers were able to create important relationships with other educators from around the state. ¨Each year I get ...