Forest Fun
Hello,
Yesterday when we were finished checking rain gauge measurements, we were goofing around and I managed to capture some of our best moments with the camera. The other two teachers in the pictures are Loren Chasse (San Francisco) and Stacey Cahn (New York). To find out more about the rain gauge measurements see Stacey's blog at: www.earthwatch2.org/lff/cahn
By the way that is a mocker nut (hickory) shell on my nose. Loren and Stacey play in a hollowed tree.
posted by Kate Shannon @ 9:02 PM
11 Comments:
hi ... i'm a student of mr. lewandowski. i was wondering what got you interested in doing this study and do you really feel that this study will help with slowing down global warming ?
=]Kelsie S.
For the past week our main focus with both our presenters has been over climate change. Since the earth watch organization has been monitoring that area for the past thirty years I was wondering if the forest showed any evidence of climate shifts in the past decades.
you look rather nutty shannon. :-) Hope your having a good time in Maine. sorry if im not one for blogging, but its your assignment. hows the foliage up there? everything turn orange and brown and fall yet? see you in class soon. Relyt - smhs
HIIIIIII MISS SHANNON! its me evan =) omg it looks really cold their even though theirs no snow....so is their electricity and running water?
if no i dont think ill want to come down their XD.
well how many trees do you measure a day? do you have a way to pick which trees you measure?
Evan-SHS
Hi! Blogging from Hawaii.
Brad Lewandowski's class.
Period 5.
I was wondering...
1.How do hollow trees develop(I'm thinking that it's empty space below the roots- the ground level has fallen since it sprouted, resulting in empty space)
2. How is DBH measured?(I don't really understand how it's measured with that "pole"- the one with the blue strip)
3. How does uv rays affect your data?
4.In what ways could new life create data differences?
Scott Y.
It has been so fantastic to read your comments. Some of your questions I do not know the answers too, but I will ask today. Johnathan, your questions about the changes that may have been measurable during the last 30 years of data collection is great and I want to know too. Evan, my team (Stacey, Janice, Jackie & I) measured 150 trees on Tuesday and Wednesday. We measure, tag, and record data for trees, shrubs, "standing dead" that has a DBH of 1 centimeter or greater, but we end up measuring many more than that to see if they meet the criteria for the study. The pole with the blue tape is used to measure DBH. The tape is at the 1.3 meter mark and we measure the tree at the top of the blue line/tape. Sometimes a tree will be growing a branch at this exact height and we have to measure above or below the 1.3 meters. Of course we record height that we measured at if it was not DBH (1.3 m)
Hollow trees - well this can happen because of disease but some trees use this as a strategy to grow fast, they just don't invest as much energy in making as dense a stem as others, so that they can put energy into growing tall and reaching the sunlight above. If a large clearing happens in the forest, sunlight, usually a limiting factor becomes available and opens opportunity for more different kinds of plants to receive the light resource. Great questions Scott Y.
There are very few leaves left on any of the trees, falling of the leaves happened about this time last month.
We do have electricity and running water in the dorms, port-a-potties in the field.
Hey Mrs Shannon!! I was wondering if Global Warming has showed any affect on the trees in Maine?
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i'm also a student of mr. lewandowski, and what i was wondering is how did participating in this study enhance your knowledge of global warming?
Hello! :)
My name is Tiffany and I'm one of Mr.Lewandowski's students. I wanted to ask about how global warming affects where you live.. It makes it even hotter and horrible weather-y here...
:)
This is a very interesting blog. I am now interested in going to wherever you were, and viewing this very interesting information in person.
Thank you for this opportunity.
So was the this the only day to relax and have fun?
Student from Mr Lewandowski.
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