tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549306427964459740.post6543084787935239718..comments2023-12-23T05:14:34.273-05:00Comments on Wit's End: "...soon came a Woodman in leathern guise"Gail Zawackihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01800944469843206253noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549306427964459740.post-90723854172911360682012-03-28T10:46:31.145-04:002012-03-28T10:46:31.145-04:00Thank you for your comment - I hope you'll kee...Thank you for your comment - I hope you'll keep me posted and if you want to contribute any photos, please do!Gail Zawackihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01800944469843206253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549306427964459740.post-4530395404211082822012-03-28T10:18:51.539-04:002012-03-28T10:18:51.539-04:00Hey Gail, been reading your blog for a few months ...Hey Gail, been reading your blog for a few months now. You've certainly opened my eyes for one more aspect of the collapse that's going on.<br /><br />About six months ago I moved back to my home city of Berlin, Germany. This city has a lot of trees, like chestnuts, maples, oaks and limes, some of them pretty old. And ever since reading your articles I can't help but notice the sorry shape in which most of them are, even for a big city with a lot of automobile traffic. Quite a few of the big old ones have large "bald" spots of missing bark, some have almost no bark left at all; thinning crowns; most of the trees, even young ones, have cankers; and from what others tell me, "most of the trees are sick and lose their leaves early in the year". I'll wait for summer and fall to see with my own eyes, but I fear that the picture will be all too consistent with what you're describing -- ozone damage.<br /><br />What's even worse somehow: The few articles I could find about this phenomenon ("30 percent of Berlin's trees are sick") put the blame on a drought in the hot summer of 2003. Well, really? These trees have weathered decades, sometimes hundreds of years, and one hot summer will just kill them off?<br /><br />It is quite sad, because one of the things I've always associated with this part of Germany is its lush greenery. Let's see how this year progresses...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5549306427964459740.post-82691112159511892902012-03-27T19:43:19.665-04:002012-03-27T19:43:19.665-04:00As a Junior High Science Teacher I spend half the ...As a Junior High Science Teacher I spend half the year on Environmental Science...Sorry Newton! Your latest articles stress what I want my kidz to know...the Earth has a definite carrying capacity and energy use and acquisition are the leading cause of pollution. Thanks again!Eyepilot13https://www.blogger.com/profile/06070666182233850228noreply@blogger.com