News - August 2023


Closing the loop: Biochar can create lasting environmental benefits across the landscape

There’s an adage in hiking: Leave a place better than you found it. Brookhaven mayor John Ernst is taking that sentiment a step further, launching a plan to clean runoff water as it moves through the town. The secret ingredient in the plan? Biochar. “We want to see if we can take what was going to the landfill and repurpose it as great big water filters,” said Ernst in a Brookhaven news release. “Then the question becomes, can the used water…


Everything. Everywhere. All at once.

In a nutshell, that’s carbon (bonus: even that nutshell has carbon). In its simplest form, carbon is a building block. It’s a natural element that is the fourth-most abundant element on the planet. It can combine with other elements to form molecules, which create the basic building blocks of life on this planet. Carbon also combines with gases, such as CO2, methane and fossil fuels. This is where things get tricky, because “carbon,” when used…


Urban tree experts offer guidance before, after major storms

As Hurricane Idalia cuts a swath through the Southeast, some trees will fare better than others. Years of experience has shown how major hurricanes negatively affect the tree canopy. But native trees and certain varieties can show more resilience than others, says community forestry associate professor Jason Gordon. He offered a few tips for property owners grappling with tree damage in the wake of Idalia or any hurricane.   Native tree…

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