(WWLP) – While leaf-peeping season is still a while away, some leaves are already starting to change color. The notorious peak in leaf-peeping season comes in October for western Massachusetts with ...

"Fall's changing colors have been delayed up to four days per decade in North American forests since the early 1980s," says Andy Finton, a forest ecologist who is the landscape conservation director ...

Fall is a magical time of year when leaves change their color and trees are the stars of Mother Nature's fashion show. But there's a scientific explanation behind this transformation. Leaves have ...

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Fall is marked by the slow, beautiful change of green foliage to vibrant colors. As the temperatures drop and the days grow shorter, leaves stop making chlorophyll, a pigment responsible for the ...

Annual tree-ring growth records from more than 122 species of trees show that trees growing in wetter forests are more sensitive to increasing drought. The findings – which tackle a research question ...

This holiday season brings surprising news about your Christmas tree. Scientists just discovered that globally, trees growing in wetter regions are more sensitive to drought. That means if your tree ...