Warm Winters Upset Rhythms of Maple Sugar
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Warmer-than-usual winters are stoking fears for the survival of New Englandâs maple forests.
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By Richard Nunnally, Richmond Times-Dispatch, Va.  May 26--Q. The English ivy on our terrace took a terrible hit this winter. The leaves appear tan or bleached out. The vines themselves seem to be alive but have been very slow to produce new leaves.
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Flurries fell across the Sunshine State on Thursday, but it appeared that growers were spared the deep freeze they feared would devastate the nation's citrus supply. Meanwhile, California was preparing for a trio of storms expected to unleash heavy rain and snow through the weekend.
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Freezing temperatures early Sunday may have nipped fields and gardens in the central and eastern parts of Utah, but it probably was not the killer frost some had feared.
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Mother nature is fickle. Just two weeks ago, freezing ice and snow blanketed the region. Last week, she teased us with mild weather. Dare we say it? Spring is just around the corner.
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MINNEAPOLIS - From snowmobiling on alfalfa to strapping on cross-country skis with wheels, Minnesotans are finding ways of coping with a frustrating lack of snow.
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By Ad Crable  Trimming occurs during annual maple sugaring demonstrations.  AD CRABLE           The sap was flowing Thursday in Lancaster County Central Park's sugar bush.           But not in a good way.
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By Sharon Kiley Mack, Bangor Daily News, Maine  Dec.
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By David Usborne in New York  There is something doleful about the whispering of the white- barked aspen trees that carpet the slopes of the Rocky Mountains. It is a sound of sickness and death.
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PINE FALLS, Manitoba -- Here on the edge of the silent and frozen northern tier of the Earth, the fate of the world's climate is buried beneath the snow and locked in the still limbs of aspen trees.
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TORONTO  -- As winter gets closer, the days get shorter -- and along with a shortage of light, many North Americans may also find themselves short of vitamin D, a potential cancer fighter.
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Bitter cold that our New England winters can be, we long ago adopted a provincial antidote for the numbing of toes and the shortage of breath: metal grinding against ice and hard rubber hitting against wood.
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By Richard Mize, The Daily Oklahoman  Feb. 17--So, it's still the dead of winter, but what have you got planned for your managed habitat patch this year?   My Bermuda grass is in pitiful shape where shadows fall. It needs help. The side yards are like wilderness areas.
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Many Arctic plant species have readily adjusted to big climate changes, which implies that at least in that region, plants may be able to shift long distances.
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Weather forecasts are notoriously fickle, but bees, caterpillars and bears are proving as divided as meteorologists on how long winter will last.
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By Susan Gordon, The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash.  Jun. 19--Call it the sugar diet.   A University of Puget Sound botanist and her students are testing the sweetener's restorative powers on the South Sound's vulnerable short-grass prairies.
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Seasonal changes in the economy are not unique to Alaska. But winter in the state often tests the ingenuity of business owners.