This blog may help people explore some of the 'hidden' issues involved in certain media treatments of environmental and scientific issues. Using personal digital images, it's also intended to emphasise seasonal (and other) changes in natural history of the Swansea (South Wales) area. The material should help participants in field-based modules and people generally interested in the natural world. The views are wholly those of the author.
Friday 7 January 2011
Left in the Larch!
The appearance of the 'Sudden Oak Death' disease in Larch in Somerset has led to 60,000 of these conifers being cut down in an area of about 2000 hectares in an effort to halt the spread of the pathogen (Phytophthora ramorum) (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-12134772 ). It seems that this fungus-like agent is rather unspecific about the kinds of trees that it infects. Larch are, of course, an important crop in managed woodlands.
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Seeing the Changes 2011
More action at Crymlyn Burrows with Thrift ( Armeria maritima ); Kidney vetch ( Anthyllis vulneraria ) and a Hawkweed ( Hieracium exoter...
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The UK government continue their quest to turn England's rivers back into sewers. They first facilitated the privatised water companies...
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Garden plants in France, The Netherlands, The UK and Sikkim (NE India).
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