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#SilentSunday #blossoming #urbantrees

My fave #BigTree yesterday, was this large #HorseChestnut #tree on a side road beside Wark Street Commons Community Park in #VictoriaBC in #QuadraVillage.

In Britain & Ireland, their seeds are used for the popular children's game conkers. During WWI there was a campaign asking everyone to collect the seeds & donate to the government. The #conkers were used as a source of #starch for #fermentation using the Clostridium acetobutylicum method devised by Chaim Weizmann to produce #acetone for use as a solvent for the production of #cordite, which was then used in #MilitaryArmaments. Weizmann's process could use any source of starch, but the government chose to ask for conkers to avoid causing starvation by depleting food sources. But conkers were found to be a poor source & the factory only produced acetone for 3 months; however, they were collected again in WWII for the same reason.

#TreeTrivia #nature #Arbor #UrbanTrees #YYJtrees #LekwungenTerritory #YYJ #Treehugger #TreeLovers #MightyTree #VancouverIsland #PacificNorthwest #VanIsle #PNW #UrbanNature

My fave #BigTree yesterday, was this large #HorseChestnut #tree on a side road beside Wark Street Commons Community Park in #VictoriaBC in #QuadraVillage.

In Britain & Ireland, their seeds are used for the popular children's game conkers. During WWI there was a campaign asking everyone to collect the seeds & donate to the government. The #conkers were used as a source of #starch for #fermentation using the Clostridium acetobutylicum method devised by Chaim Weizmann to produce #acetone for use as a solvent for the production of #cordite, which was then used in #MilitaryArmaments. Weizmann's process could use any source of starch, but the government chose to ask for conkers to avoid causing starvation by depleting food sources. But conkers were found to be a poor source & the factory only produced acetone for 3 months; however, they were collected again in WWII for the same reason.

#TreeTrivia #nature #Arbor #UrbanTrees #YYJtrees #LekwungenTerritory #YYJ #Treehugger #TreeLovers #MightyTree #VancouverIsland #PacificNorthwest #VanIsle #PNW #UrbanNature

My fave #BigTree yesterday, was this large #HorseChestnut #tree on a side road beside Wark Street Commons Community Park in #VictoriaBC in #QuadraVillage.

In Britain & Ireland, their seeds are used for the popular children's game conkers. During WWI there was a campaign asking everyone to collect the seeds & donate to the government. The #conkers were used as a source of #starch for #fermentation using the Clostridium acetobutylicum method devised by Chaim Weizmann to produce #acetone for use as a solvent for the production of #cordite, which was then used in #MilitaryArmaments. Weizmann's process could use any source of starch, but the government chose to ask for conkers to avoid causing starvation by depleting food sources. But conkers were found to be a poor source & the factory only produced acetone for 3 months; however, they were collected again in WWII for the same reason.

#TreeTrivia #nature #Arbor #UrbanTrees #YYJtrees #LekwungenTerritory #YYJ #Treehugger #TreeLovers #MightyTree #VancouverIsland #PacificNorthwest #VanIsle #PNW #UrbanNature

My fave #BigTree yesterday, was this large #HorseChestnut #tree on a side road beside Wark Street Commons Community Park in #VictoriaBC in #QuadraVillage.

In Britain & Ireland, their seeds are used for the popular children's game conkers. During WWI there was a campaign asking everyone to collect the seeds & donate to the government. The #conkers were used as a source of #starch for #fermentation using the Clostridium acetobutylicum method devised by Chaim Weizmann to produce #acetone for use as a solvent for the production of #cordite, which was then used in #MilitaryArmaments. Weizmann's process could use any source of starch, but the government chose to ask for conkers to avoid causing starvation by depleting food sources. But conkers were found to be a poor source & the factory only produced acetone for 3 months; however, they were collected again in WWII for the same reason.

#TreeTrivia #nature #Arbor #UrbanTrees #YYJtrees #LekwungenTerritory #YYJ #Treehugger #TreeLovers #MightyTree #VancouverIsland #PacificNorthwest #VanIsle #PNW #UrbanNature

My fave #BigTree yesterday, was this large #HorseChestnut #tree on a side road beside Wark Street Commons Community Park in #VictoriaBC in #QuadraVillage.

In Britain & Ireland, their seeds are used for the popular children's game conkers. During WWI there was a campaign asking everyone to collect the seeds & donate to the government. The #conkers were used as a source of #starch for #fermentation using the Clostridium acetobutylicum method devised by Chaim Weizmann to produce #acetone for use as a solvent for the production of #cordite, which was then used in #MilitaryArmaments. Weizmann's process could use any source of starch, but the government chose to ask for conkers to avoid causing starvation by depleting food sources. But conkers were found to be a poor source & the factory only produced acetone for 3 months; however, they were collected again in WWII for the same reason.

#TreeTrivia #nature #Arbor #UrbanTrees #YYJtrees #LekwungenTerritory #YYJ #Treehugger #TreeLovers #MightyTree #VancouverIsland #PacificNorthwest #VanIsle #PNW #UrbanNature

I admired these #gnarly laurel #trees in a grocery store parking lot. There is really natural beauty, everywhere, if you pay attention 😊

#TreeThursday #TreeLovers #arbor #UrbanTrees #YYJtrees #VancouverIsland #nature

Drive-by shot of the giant Monterey #fir #tree on corner of Cook & Hillside in #VictoriaBC.

#TreeThursday #TreeLovers #arbor #UrbanTrees #YYJtrees #VancouverIsland #nature

PhD position @KITKarlsruhe 🎓 Join us to study the ecophysiology & morphology of urban trees under drought stress using an irrigation experiment, laboratory analysis, remote sensing and more. 🌞🌳 Apply by 15/03/24! 🔍📚 https://www.ifgg.kit.edu/downloads/sonstiges/IFGG_Urboretum.pdf #FunctionalEcology #UrbanTrees

Hotsat-1 - UK Spacecraft Maps Heat Variations Across Earth
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-67010377 <--shared media article
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #infrastructure #buildings #satellite #HotSat1 #heat #temperature #earthobservation #thermalsensor #hot #cold #wildfire #infrared #heatmaps #planning #urbanplanning #insulation #efficiency #heatislands #heatstress #climatechange #HVAC #climate #extremeweather #finance #industry #vegetation #urbantrees #greenbuildings #LEED