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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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2:48

The Purpose of Fruit

TreeNote ·

2024/09/19

The other day, as I lugged home 300 pounds of apples from my neighbor’s yard, I thought about the purpose of fruit.

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2:25

Neighborhood trees

TreeNote ·

2024/09/12

Local street fairs celebrate the character of neighborhoods all over the country, from the Snowy Owl Market in Maine’s Presque Isle to the Solano Stroll in Berkeley, California.

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2:30

The bounty of urban fruit

TreeNote ·

2024/09/05

On an early morning run along a city bike path, I was surprised to see a pickup truck that was slowly patrolling the trail.

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2:30

The Spicy Nutmeg Tree

TreeNote ·

2024/08/29

My father is from India, so I grew up eating and loving Indian food.

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2:35

Peach fuzz

TreeNote ·

2024/08/22

Peach season is here! A first bite into one of those luscious orange globes is a high point of our tree harvests.

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2:30

Trees, marcesence and the habit of hanging on

TreeNote ·

2024/08/15

Trees and people share a habit of sometimes hanging on to things that should be shed.

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2:30

The Willow Tree

TreeNote ·

2024/08/08

Willow trees are wonderful. They take root easily and grow remarkably quickly. But their life spans are short, evoking the motto that James Dean made famous: "Live fast, die young."

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2:35

Who is living in the tree tops?

TreeNote ·

2024/08/01

In the four decades that I’ve studied treetop biology, I’ve always focused on canopy-dwelling plants. But forests also support a fascinating array of arboreal animals.

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2:30

The Mulberry Tree

TreeNote ·

2024/07/25

There’s an old nursery rhyme that I remember singing as a child.

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2:40

A forest full of families

TreeNote ·

2024/07/18

As a forest ecologist, I tend to see a woodland as a collection of trees.

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2:20

The Heroic Olive Tree

TreeNote ·

2024/07/11

The Mediterranean diet, one of our healthiest eating plans, draws upon plenty of fruits and vegetables. But the real hero of that diet is the olive tree.

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2:27

The Mighty Oak Tree

TreeNote ·

2024/07/04

Nearly 250 years ago, our country adopted the American bald eagle as our national bird, giving it a place on the Great Seal of our country.

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2:20

The Flowers of Trees and Why They Matter

TreeNote ·

2024/06/27

I'm curious about the cup of coffee you had this morning. Which of the many coffee-making devices did you use?

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2:20

Urban Heat Islands

TreeNote ·

2024/06/20

A friend of mine from Arizona drives an old car that lacks air conditioning.

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2:20

Preserving sacred groves

TreeNote ·

2024/06/14

As an ecologist, my conservation projects have drawn on scientific studies of forest inventories and genetics.

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2:20

In a Tree House

TreeNote ·

2024/06/06

When I was a kid, my father built a magnificent tree house, 60 feet high, nestled in the airspace between two trees in our backyard.

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2:16

The Amazing Treehopper

TreeNote ·

2024/05/30

How is an elephant like a treehopper? This isn’t a trick question, nor a corny joke.

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2:23

Neem Tree

TreeNote ·

2024/05/23

My father, who was born and raised in India, liked to tell my siblings and me how he brushed his teeth as kid. He’d walk outside, snap off a twig of his backyard Neem Tree — and chew on it!

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2:25

Lightning & Trees

TreeNote ·

2024/05/16

Envision a bolt from the sky striking a single tall tree in an open field.

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2:25

The black locust: An arboreal hero?

TreeNote ·

2024/05/09

“Black locust” sounds to me like either a great name for a TV drama or a terrible plague I’d flee to avoid.

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