We normally think of trees as being good for the environment. But in parts of the Midwest and Great Plains, they're heating up the earth as woodlands take over grasslands.

Trees warm the planet in places where they reduce the ground’s reflectivity — including much of Kansas — and don’t capture enough carbon to offset it.

Planting zones are shifting. In Kansas, the hardiness zones are between 5b in the north, where the average annual extreme minimum temperature is between minus 15 and minus 10 degrees Fahrenheit ...

Kansas City has committed to planting 10,000 trees in three years. But the city's existing tree canopy is relatively old and under stress by climate change and other factors.

While sugar maples are not as adaptable to Kansas City’s climate, some varieties do well. And they provide the popular red and orange hues. Adele Wilcoxen Fall has arrived. You feel it in the ...

Climate change explains only 20 percent of the movement. ... especially in Oklahoma and Kansas, ... The evergreen trees—the needle species—are primarily moving northward,” said Songlin ...

The reason for more trees out east could be because of the favorable climate. ... How do Christmas Trees fare in Kansas climate? by: Taylor Cox. Posted: Dec 6, 2020 / 10:57 AM CST.

First Lady Claudia "Lady Bird" Johnson promoted the Bradford pear in 1966 by planting one in downtown Washington, D.C. Bradford pears were bred as "city trees," and have been used to adorn urban ...

In 1907, Francis W. Bushong, a chemistry professor at the University of Kansas, reported a novel finding in the journal Chemical and Physical Papers. He’d found methane, the main ingredient in ...