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TreeNote

TreeNote is a two minute weekly feature from renowned ecologist Dr. Nalini Nadkarni and KUER. Listen on podcast or on YouTube.

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How to see Utah's trees without leaving your house

TreeNote ·

2025/06/12

Heads up to Salt Lake City residents, or anyone who appreciates Utah’s capitol city! The University of Utah has a fabulous Tree Tour.

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2:25

Tree's Little Windows

TreeNote ·

2025/06/05

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2:30

Trees and Pipe Organs

TreeNote ·

2025/05/29

One of the world's most famous pipe organs was originally made from wood of trees found in Utah.

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2:30

A new age for dawn redwoods

TreeNote ·

2025/05/22

I've long been fascinated by the dual nature of the dawn redwood tree.

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2:30

How to make cloth from trees

TreeNote ·

2025/05/15

It's hard to know exactly when human started using bark cloth, but it's likely that it predates weaving.

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2:30

How a tree heals

TreeNote ·

2025/05/08

If you’ve ever come upon a broken tree branch or trunk that’s been damaged, you might have wondered how a tree heals.

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2:30

The mystery of crown shyness

TreeNote ·

2025/05/01

If you've ever looked up in a forest and noticed the slight gaps in the treetops, you're seeing a phenomenon called crown shyness.

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2:30

The trick to studying fine roots

TreeNote ·

2025/04/24

I recently came across the work of a forest ecologist who studies fine roots — roots less the width of a grain of rice, but which make up 40% of a trees underground system.

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2:30

Baobab, Tree of Life

TreeNote ·

2025/04/17

The baobab tree has many intriguing nicknames: the camel tree, the bottle tree, the upside-down tree and the Tree of Life.

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2:30

What lichens can tell us about air quality

TreeNote ·

2025/04/10

In a world with an ever-changing environment, how can we know what air quality was like before we kept weather records?

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2:30

The Controversial Durian Fruit

TreeNote ·

2025/04/03

My husband, Jack, and I have been happily married for 41 years. But one issue we can argue about for hours is the fruit of the durian tree. He loves it. I detest it.

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2:30

The Tree's Storage Closet

TreeNote ·

2025/03/27

When you look at the cross section of the trunk of an old tree, you see that it has two zones: the sapwood, which is the younger wood that’s closest to the bark and the heartwood, which is the darker, central part of the trunk.

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2:28

Plywood's surprising history

TreeNote ·

2025/03/20

In the world of design and construction, the modest sheet of plywood has a surprisingly rich history.

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2:25

Why the quaking aspen quakes

TreeNote ·

2025/03/13

The world of trees creates many superlatives — the oldest tree, the tallest tree — but I bet that the quaking aspen is the world's liveliest tree. Its round leaves flutter in the slightest breeze.

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2:25

Trees & Wind

TreeNote ·

2025/03/06

We’ve all seen pictures or witnessed firsthand the destructive force of high winds on trees — all those images of crushed homes and downed power lines.

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2:45

How petrified wood is made

TreeNote ·

2025/02/27

On a recent camping trip in Nevada, I visited a display of petrified wood.

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2:25

It's not Spanish or Moss

TreeNote ·

2025/02/20

On a recent visit to south Florida, I was intrigued to learn about Spanish moss, a plant that looks like wispy gray hair draped in the crowns of live oak and other trees in subtropical woodlands.

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2:25

How Trees Are Named

TreeNote ·

2025/02/13

I love sequoias, California’s giant, coastal redwoods.

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2:20

The Wild World of Logger Sports

TreeNote ·

2025/02/06

I once worked as a surveyor for the U. S. Forest Service in southeast Alaska.

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2:15

Emily Carr: Nature's Artist

TreeNote ·

2025/01/30

On a recent trip to Canada, I was reminded of the life and works of Emily Carr, a cherished figure of Canadian arts and letters.

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