New England's wet summer means the region's fall foliage will likely be less vibrant than usual.
It's autumn in New England, the time of year when people travel from near and far to see the changing colors of the region's foliage. But this year'shost Rupa Shenoy spoke with meteorologist and fall foliage expert forInterview HighlightsOn why the rainy summer could mean less vibrant fall colors in many place:
"The other is it's just been so wet that the saps and the sugars are not all that concentrated in the leaves. Those sugars are what create vibrant red colors. For those reasons, the trees will likely give off more pastel or muted colors this year.""Usually the Indigenous Peoples’/Columbus Day three-day weekend is when the brightest colors are hitting the largest part of northern New England.
On how wet weather brought on by climate change may affect New England’s fall colors for years to come"We have been alternating between drought and rain deluge for the last four years, and neither of those conditions are ideal for our trees. We're hoping that the pendulum sticks in the middle one of these years so we can kind of reset. Certainly more extreme weather is something that we're worried about in the northern forest, especially with warmer weather.
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