Texas has lost as many as 10% of its trees, due to drought | Earth | EarthSky

In Texas in recent years, the summers have been blazing hot and very dry. We haven’t gotten the usual spring and fall rains. 2011, in particular, was an unprecedented year

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Backyard Color

Today the red oak in the backyard is probably at peak color. Never in the years since I planted it has it been quite this vividly fall like. The funny

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A Fascinating Look At This Year

It also reinforced the fact that most of this years storms were pushed off out into the Atlantic. Watching Irene work her way up the east coast all the way to Canada

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Good News Is Blowing On The Wind

While my home state has never been at the forefront of environmental consciousness, the news in the electrical generating front is finally turning toward the green. After an initial rush to install

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After The Rain

After watching a far off lightning show on Wednesday evening yesterday morning brought a wondrous sight…A rather large thunderous rainstorm blew through our immediate area. The winds blew, lightning blasted the ground over

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Tall-Grass Triumph – The Nash Prairie

Thats why the Nash Prairie matters so much. As Chronicle reporter Matthew Tresaugue reported Tuesday “Life abounds at states last surviving bit of coastal prairie,” Page B1, July 26, the

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