TreeNote
TreeNote is a two minute weekly feature from renowned ecologist Dr. Nalini Nadkarni and KUER. Listen on podcast or on YouTube.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 2 minutes
- Episodes
- 30
- Years Active
- 2025
Baobab, Tree of Life
The baobab tree has many intriguing nicknames: the camel tree, the bottle tree, the upside-down tree and the Tree of Life.
00:02:30 |
Thu 17 Apr 2025
What lichens can tell us about air quality
In a world with an ever-changing environment, how can we know what air quality was like before we kept weather records?
00:02:30 |
Thu 10 Apr 2025
The Controversial Durian Fruit
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.
00:02:30 |
Thu 03 Apr 2025
The Tree's Storage Closet
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…
00:02:30 |
Thu 27 Mar 2025
Plywood's surprising history
In the world of design and construction, the modest sheet of plywood has a surprisingly rich history.
00:02:28 |
Thu 20 Mar 2025
Why the quaking aspen quakes
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.
00:02:25 |
Thu 13 Mar 2025
Trees & Wind
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.
00:02:25 |
Thu 06 Mar 2025
How petrified wood is made
On a recent camping trip in Nevada, I visited a display of petrified wood.
00:02:45 |
Thu 27 Feb 2025
It's not Spanish or Moss
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.
00:02:25 |
Thu 20 Feb 2025
How Trees Are Named
I love sequoias, California’s giant, coastal redwoods.
00:02:25 |
Thu 13 Feb 2025
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