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Episode 53: The Mangrove

Mangroves are incredible plants that survive the salty waters of tropical coastal areas. Learn about the fascinating ecosystems they create, the ways they help us mitigate Climate Change, and why their forests are shrinking. Music is by Academy Garden. Cover art is by @boomerangbrit on Instagram. Follow me on Facebook and Twitter @MyFavoriteTrees and on Instagram @treepodcast.

Sources:

https://ocean.si.edu/ocean-life/plants-algae/mangroves

https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/10.1146/annurev-environ-101718-033302

http://www.glomis.com/ej/pdf/EJ_8-4.pdf

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4742776/

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/southflorida/habitats/mangroves/species/

https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/southflorida/habitats/mangroves/mangrove-life/

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Episode 42: Forest Fires

In this break from format, I discuss my first broader forestry-related topic: forest fires. Fire is a part of this world that is important to both humans and forest ecology. But due to a century of strict fire suppression and the effects of climate change, wildfires have been having hugely negative effects on the American West in the last two decades. Here, I’ll give a history of our relationship with fire, what decisions lead us to be in the situation we are in today, and lay out just how bad things really are. Music is by Academy Garden. Cover Art is by @boomerangbrit on Instagram. Follow me on Facebook and Twitter @MyFavoriteTrees and on Instagram @treepodcast. 

Sources:

https://academic.oup.com/bioscience/article/59/7/593/334816

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/science/early-humans-used-fire-to-permanently-change-the-landscape

https://www.history.com/news/native-american-wildfires

https://www.history.com/news/peshtigo-fire-america-deadliest-wildfire

https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Barred_Owl/lifehistory#

https://foresthistory.org/research-explore/us-forest-service-history/policy-and-law/fire-u-s-forest-service/u-s-forest-service-fire-suppression/

https://www.treehugger.com/serotiny-and-the-serotinous-cone-1342894

https://smokeybear.com/en/smokeys-history/story-of-smokey

https://www.nrs.fs.fed.us/pubs/gtr/gtr_ne288/gtr_ne288_011.pdf

https://www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/controlled-burning/

https://learningenglish.voanews.com/a/controlled-burns-seen-as-a-way-to-reduce-large-forest-fires-/5940264.html

https://www.weather.gov/media/publications/assessments/firewxreport2.pdf

https://lynceans.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Westerling-2008-Climate_change_and_wildfire_in_Californi.pdf

https://www.c2es.org/content/wildfires-and-climate-change/

https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/665007?seq=2#metadata_info_tab_contents

https://www.un.org/en/climatechange/what-is-climate-change

http://forestry.alaska.gov/Assets/pdfs/firestats/2020%20Alaska%20Fire%20Season%20Statistics.pdf

https://dfpc.colorado.gov/wildfire-information-center/historical-wildfire-information

https://www.frontlinewildfire.com/mendocino-complex-fire/

https://www.fire.ca.gov/media/5121/campfire_cause.pdf

https://www.fire.ca.gov/media/4jandlhh/top20_acres.pdf

https://apnews.com/article/california-fire-killed-10-percent-redwood-trees-63c80e8d28e32596637f3ecc29cfe3c8

https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/preliminary-estimates-of-sequoia-mortality-in-the-2020-castle-fire.htm

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/01/05/california-finds-pge-equipment-responsible-for-massive-dixie-fire-.html

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Episode 30: The Dragon’s Blood Tree

On the island of Socotra, there lives a tree that looks unlike any other and bleeds red blood. Learn what this tree can teach us about a dead ecosystem and what we can do to save other ecosystems in the face of man-made climate change. Music is by Academy Garden. Cover art is by @boomerangbrit on Instagram. Follow me on Twitter and Facebook @MyFavoriteTrees.

Sources:

https://globaltrees.org/threatened-trees/trees/socotra-dragon-tree/

https://therevelator.org/dragons-blood-tree/

https://www.britannica.com/place/Tethys-Sea

https://owlcation.com/stem/The-Dragon-Blood-Tree-of-Socotra-Island-Dracaena-cinnabari

https://daily.jstor.org/plant-of-the-month-the-dragon-tree/

https://botanynerds.wordpress.com/2016/12/09/dracaena-cinnabari-the-dragons-blood-tree/

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1617138116301959

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/story-real-canary-coal-mine-180961570/