[{"id":147,"date":"2024-07-08T10:00:04","date_gmt":"2024-07-08T10:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/earthly\/?p=147"},"modified":"2024-07-09T12:04:50","modified_gmt":"2024-07-09T12:04:50","slug":"recipe-for-disaster-hurricanes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/earthly\/2024\/07\/08\/recipe-for-disaster-hurricanes\/","title":{"rendered":"Recipe for disaster. What makes a hurricane?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-148\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/earthly\/files\/2024\/07\/prakash_headshot-276x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"276\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/earthly\/files\/2024\/07\/prakash_headshot-276x300.jpeg 276w, https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/earthly\/files\/2024\/07\/prakash_headshot-768x834.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/earthly\/files\/2024\/07\/prakash_headshot-942x1024.jpeg 942w, https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/earthly\/files\/2024\/07\/prakash_headshot.jpeg 1723w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 276px) 100vw, 276px\" \/>According to recent reports, South Carolina is home to seven of the top twenty most hurricane-vulnerable counties. In order of vulnerability, they include Charleston, Horry, Beaufort, Berkeley and Dorchester counties, with Charleston and Horry counties ranking third and fourth nationally, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>There are many factors that go into hurricane frequency and strength. They include ocean temperature, atmospheric temperature, air moisture, and wind speed and direction. Other factors are the El Nino Southern Oscillation, known as ENSO, and Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation, known as AMO.<\/p>\n<p>Today on Earthly, Jonathan interviews Prakash Khedun. Khedun is a Clemson University climate resilience specialist.<\/p>\n<p>He is going to prime us for hurricane season by helping us better understand some of the weather elements that influence the frequency and power of these storms.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"buzzsprout-editor-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/www.buzzsprout.com\/2151655\/episodes\/15349697?client_source=small_player&#038;iframe=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"200\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" style=\"display:block;border:0;\"><\/iframe>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/earthly\/files\/2024\/07\/Ep-15-Hiurricanes-Transcript.pdf\">T<strong>RANSCRIPT<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Show Notes<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/iri.columbia.edu\/our-expertise\/climate\/enso\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ENSO Resources<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aoml.noaa.gov\/phod\/amo_faq.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AMO Explaination<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.clemson.edu\/public\/water\/scwater\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SC Water Resources Center<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to recent reports, South Carolina is home to seven of the top twenty most hurricane-vulnerable counties. In order of vulnerability, they include Charleston, Horry, Beaufort, Berkeley and Dorchester counties, with Charleston and Horry counties ranking third and fourth nationally, respectively. There are many factors that go into hurricane frequency and strength. They include ocean [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3969,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[113579],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-earth-science"],"fimg_url":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/earthly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/earthly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/earthly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/earthly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3969"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/earthly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=147"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/earthly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/earthly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/earthly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/earthly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=147"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/earthly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":143,"date":"2024-06-21T20:42:26","date_gmt":"2024-06-21T20:42:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/earthly\/?p=143"},"modified":"2024-06-30T11:40:03","modified_gmt":"2024-06-30T11:40:03","slug":"bears-invade-the-burbs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/earthly\/2024\/06\/21\/bears-invade-the-burbs\/","title":{"rendered":"Bears invade the burbs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-144\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/earthly\/files\/2024\/06\/shari_in_africa-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"Shari holding African infant\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/earthly\/files\/2024\/06\/shari_in_africa-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/earthly\/files\/2024\/06\/shari_in_africa.jpeg 604w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>There&#8217;s an old campfire song where a bear goes over the mountain to see what he could see. Well, lately, there are a lot of media reports about a lot of bears going over a lot of mountains, and what they&#8217;re seeing is tract houses, hot tubs and minivans. Today on Earthly, I talk with Clemson associate professor Shari Rodriguez about why these bears are moving into the suburbs. Here&#8217;s a hint: It&#8217;s not to join the homeowners association.<\/p>\n<p>Rodriguez researches the human dimensions of wildlife conservation and management, and that includes human wildlife interactions and conflicts. She&#8217;s also going to help us think through the human attitudes towards our encounters with animals that can kill us. And we&#8217;re going to spend some time trying to understand the trend of humans risking life and limb to get close to dangerous animals in national parks. What seems like pure lunacy might be something more.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/earthly\/files\/2024\/06\/Ep.-16-Bears-in-the-burbs.pdf\">TRANSCRIPT<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"buzzsprout-editor-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/www.buzzsprout.com\/2151655\/episodes\/15291437?client_source=small_player&#038;iframe=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"200\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" style=\"display:block;border:0;\"><\/iframe>\n<p><b>\u00a0Show Notes<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dnr.sc.gov\/swap\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">South Carolina State Wildlife Action Plan<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/E._O._Wil\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">All About E.O. Wilson<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dnr.sc.gov\/wildlife\/species\/bear.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SCDNR Bear website<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenvilleonline.com\/story\/news\/local\/greenville\/2024\/06\/03\/bear-encounters-rise-greenville-upstate-sc\/73919915007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bear sightings rise in Greenville<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There&#8217;s an old campfire song where a bear goes over the mountain to see what he could see. Well, lately, there are a lot of media reports about a lot of bears going over a lot of mountains, and what they&#8217;re seeing is tract houses, hot tubs and minivans. Today on Earthly, I talk with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3969,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[777],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-143","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-wildlife"],"fimg_url":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/earthly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/earthly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/earthly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/earthly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3969"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/earthly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=143"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/earthly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/earthly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/earthly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/earthly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=143"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/earthly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":139,"date":"2024-04-30T12:40:28","date_gmt":"2024-04-30T12:40:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/earthly\/?p=139"},"modified":"2024-04-30T12:46:11","modified_gmt":"2024-04-30T12:46:11","slug":"ever-and-ever-forever-and-ever-chemicals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/earthly\/2024\/04\/30\/ever-and-ever-forever-and-ever-chemicals\/","title":{"rendered":"Ever and ever, forever and ever chemicals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-141\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/earthly\/files\/2024\/04\/cates-2019-lg-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/earthly\/files\/2024\/04\/cates-2019-lg-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/earthly\/files\/2024\/04\/cates-2019-lg.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 214px) 100vw, 214px\" \/>The Environmental Protection Agency recently announced new drinking water limits on a category of chemicals called polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS.<\/p>\n<p>These chemicals are found in thousands of products that we use every day, such as plastics, Teflon, water proofing, fire retardant and others.<\/p>\n<p>But they are also known as \u201cforever chemicals\u201d because they accumulate rather than breakdown in the environment and human body, and can cause health problems such as cancer, liver damage, low birth weight and birth defects.<\/p>\n<p>A recent report by USA Today showed that 608 water systems across the country have detected PFAS, including some in South Carolina. Another report in the Charleston Post &amp; Courier said freshwater fishermen are being warned to reduce their fish consumption because of PFAS.<\/p>\n<p>In this episode of Earthly, Jonathan talks with Clemson environmental engineering associate professor Ezra Cates about PFAS and their impacts. Cates will also tell us about some innovative techniques and technologies his lab is developing to treat drinking water tainted with PFAS.<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"buzzsprout-editor-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/www.buzzsprout.com\/2151655\/episodes\/14982535?client_source=small_player&#038;iframe=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"200\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" style=\"display:block;border:0;\"><\/iframe>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/earthly\/files\/2024\/04\/Ep.-14-Ezra-Cates-Forever-Chemicals-Transcript.pdf\">TRANSCRIPT<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cecas.clemson.edu\/~ecates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Cates Lab<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/investigations\/2024\/04\/12\/pfas-forever-chemicals-new-epa-limits-drinking-water-map\/73287209007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hundreds of water systems exceed PFAS limits<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/news.clemson.edu\/new-advances-at-clemson-university-could-help-degrade-toxic-chemicals-in-water\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New advances at Clemson University could help degrade chemicals in water<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/news.clemson.edu\/what-could-be-making-you-fat-research-says-add-forever-chemicals-to-the-list\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Clemson researchers: forever chemicals could be making you fat<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Environmental Protection Agency recently announced new drinking water limits on a category of chemicals called polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS. These chemicals are found in thousands of products that we use every day, such as plastics, Teflon, water proofing, fire retardant and others. But they are also known as \u201cforever chemicals\u201d because they accumulate rather [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3969,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[113579],"tags":[895],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-139","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-earth-science","tag-water"],"fimg_url":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/earthly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/earthly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/earthly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/earthly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3969"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/earthly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=139"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/earthly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/earthly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/earthly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=139"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/earthly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=139"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/earthly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":135,"date":"2024-04-10T11:44:47","date_gmt":"2024-04-10T11:44:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/earthly\/?p=135"},"modified":"2024-04-10T11:49:40","modified_gmt":"2024-04-10T11:49:40","slug":"s-1-e-13-highlights-and-lowlights-from-latest-u-s-census-of-agriculture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/earthly\/2024\/04\/10\/s-1-e-13-highlights-and-lowlights-from-latest-u-s-census-of-agriculture\/","title":{"rendered":"S-1, E-13: Highlights and lowlights from latest U.S. Census of Agriculture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Since the days of George Washington, the United States has been surveying farmers about their farm operations to monitor the health of the nation\u2019s agricultural industry and the security of the food supply.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-137\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/earthly\/files\/2024\/04\/PLI-at-Clemson-REC_101_nathan_smith-300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/earthly\/files\/2024\/04\/PLI-at-Clemson-REC_101_nathan_smith-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/earthly\/files\/2024\/04\/PLI-at-Clemson-REC_101_nathan_smith-768x513.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/earthly\/files\/2024\/04\/PLI-at-Clemson-REC_101_nathan_smith-1024x684.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/earthly\/files\/2024\/04\/PLI-at-Clemson-REC_101_nathan_smith.jpeg 1498w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>The effort started in 1791, when Washington wrote to farmers requesting information on land values, crop acreages, crop yields, livestock values and taxes. Washington\u2019s survey extended 250 miles north and south, and 100 miles east and west of his home in Mount Vernon, which today would encompass Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia.<\/p>\n<p>In 1839, the census became official when congress appropriated $1,000 for, &#8220;<em>carrying out agricultural investigations and procuring agricultural statistics<\/em>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Now the USDA\u2019s Census of Agriculture spans the entire nation and is released every five years.<\/p>\n<p>Today on Earthly, Jonathan talks to agricultural economist Nathan Smith about the 2022 census, which was released in February.<\/p>\n<p>Smith is going to help us understand what the census says about the health of the nation\u2019s agricultural industry and how South Carolina is faring.<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"buzzsprout-editor-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/www.buzzsprout.com\/2151655\/episodes\/14852125?client_source=small_player&#038;iframe=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"200\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" style=\"display:block;border:0;\"><\/iframe>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/earthly\/files\/2024\/04\/Ep.-13-Ag-Census-Transcript.pdf\"><strong>Episode Transcript<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nass.usda.gov\/AgCensus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Census of Agriculture<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.clemson.edu\/extension\/agribusiness\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Clemson Extension Agribusiness Team<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.clemson.edu\/extension\/newfarmer\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New and Beginning Farmers Program<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since the days of George Washington, the United States has been surveying farmers about their farm operations to monitor the health of the nation\u2019s agricultural industry and the security of the food supply. The effort started in 1791, when Washington wrote to farmers requesting information on land values, crop acreages, crop yields, livestock values and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3969,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[639],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-135","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-agriculture"],"fimg_url":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/earthly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/earthly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/earthly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/earthly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3969"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/earthly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=135"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/earthly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/earthly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/earthly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=135"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/earthly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/earthly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":109,"date":"2024-03-05T13:06:23","date_gmt":"2024-03-05T13:06:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/earthly\/?p=109"},"modified":"2024-03-05T13:06:23","modified_gmt":"2024-03-05T13:06:23","slug":"s-1-e-12-plant-breeding-just-might-save-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/earthly\/2024\/03\/05\/s-1-e-12-plant-breeding-just-might-save-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"S-1, E-12: Plant breeding just might save the world"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/earthly\/files\/2024\/03\/Plant-Breeding-Transcript.pdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-110\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/earthly\/files\/2024\/03\/HiRez_RickBoyles-300x248.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"248\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/earthly\/files\/2024\/03\/HiRez_RickBoyles-300x248.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/earthly\/files\/2024\/03\/HiRez_RickBoyles-768x636.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/earthly\/files\/2024\/03\/HiRez_RickBoyles-1024x848.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>The world&#8217;s population has quadrupled in the last century and is expected to surpass 8 billion by 2050. This means that in the next 25 years or so, the world will need to produce about 60% more food to feed its estimated population.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, we\u2019ll need to produce that food sustainably in unseasonable temperatures, drought and flood conditions, all while fighting disease and pests, and on less land.<\/p>\n<p>Jonathan talks to Clemson plant geneticist Rick Boyles on this episode of Earthly.<\/p>\n<p>Boyles is one of many researchers worldwide tackling the challenge of feeding a growing global population through plant breeding.<\/p>\n<p>Boyles is going to give some background in plant breeding, talk about advances modern technology have brought to the plant breeding process, and hopefully leave us with room for optimism.<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"buzzsprout-editor-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/www.buzzsprout.com\/2151655\/episodes\/14626035?client_source=small_player&#038;iframe=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"200\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" style=\"display:block;border:0;\"><\/iframe>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/earthly\/files\/2024\/03\/Plant-Breeding-Transcript.pdf\"><strong>EPISODE TRANSCRIPT<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>SHOW NOTES<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.clemson.edu\/clemson-receives-ffar-grant-to-promote-sorghum-health-benefits\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Clemson receives FFAR grant to promote sorghum health benefits<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/news.clemson.edu\/clemson-researcher-developing-new-line-of-wheat-to-withstand-southeast-growing-conditions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Clemson reseacher developing new line of wheat to withstand Southeast growing conditions<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/news.clemson.edu\/clemson-rejoins-forces-with-collaborative-group-to-kick-start-small-grains-program\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Clemson rejoins forces with collaborative group to kick-start small grains program<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/news.clemson.edu\/clemson-fall-armyworm-research\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Clemson researcher studying sorghum&#8217;s resistance to fall armyworm<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The world&#8217;s population has quadrupled in the last century and is expected to surpass 8 billion by 2050. This means that in the next 25 years or so, the world will need to produce about 60% more food to feed its estimated population. Furthermore, we\u2019ll need to produce that food sustainably in unseasonable temperatures, drought [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3969,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[639,113579],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-109","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-agriculture","category-earth-science"],"fimg_url":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/earthly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/earthly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/earthly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/earthly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3969"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/earthly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=109"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/earthly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/earthly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/earthly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/earthly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=109"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/earthly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":104,"date":"2024-02-20T13:21:46","date_gmt":"2024-02-20T13:21:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/earthly\/?p=104"},"modified":"2024-03-15T16:18:35","modified_gmt":"2024-03-15T16:18:35","slug":"s-1-e-11-capturing-climate-change-through-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/earthly\/2024\/02\/20\/s-1-e-11-capturing-climate-change-through-art\/","title":{"rendered":"S-1; E-11 Capturing climate change through art"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-107\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/earthly\/files\/2024\/02\/Todd-Anderson-Last-Glacier-Article-300x220.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/earthly\/files\/2024\/02\/Todd-Anderson-Last-Glacier-Article-300x220.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/earthly\/files\/2024\/02\/Todd-Anderson-Last-Glacier-Article-768x564.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/earthly\/files\/2024\/02\/Todd-Anderson-Last-Glacier-Article-1024x752.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/earthly\/files\/2024\/02\/Todd-Anderson-Last-Glacier-Article.jpg 1362w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Humans have forever turned to nature for artistic inspiration. The earliest cave paintings are at least 64,000 years old and depict images of wild animals, landscapes, and even the heavens. More recently, photographer Ansel Adams, poet Wendell Berry, sculptor Andy Goldsworthy, and movie director Werner Herzog have all produced great art by musing on the material world.<\/p>\n<p>Jonathan&#8217;s guest on Earthly, continues in that tradition. Todd Anderson collaborates with scientists and travels to some of the world\u2019s most remote environments to see what they see only with the eye of an artist. Then Anderson creates prints using woodcuts to capture moments in time as landscapes are altered by rising temperatures.<\/p>\n<p>Anderson is going to tell us about his process, inspiration, and what he hopes his art says about the natural world.<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"buzzsprout-editor-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/www.buzzsprout.com\/2151655\/episodes\/14503439?client_source=small_player&#038;iframe=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"200\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" style=\"display:block;border:0;\"><\/iframe>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/earthly\/files\/2024\/02\/Ep.-11-Todd-Anderson.pdf\"><strong>EPISODE TRANSCRIPT<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>SHOW NOTES<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/journey-to-the-ce\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Journey to the Ice<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/capturing-changes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Thin Ice<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.toddandersonartist.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Todd Anderson&#8217;s Work<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Humans have forever turned to nature for artistic inspiration. The earliest cave paintings are at least 64,000 years old and depict images of wild animals, landscapes, and even the heavens. More recently, photographer Ansel Adams, poet Wendell Berry, sculptor Andy Goldsworthy, and movie director Werner Herzog have all produced great art by musing on the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3969,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[113579],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-earth-science"],"fimg_url":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/earthly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/earthly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/earthly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/earthly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3969"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/earthly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=104"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/earthly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/earthly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/earthly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/earthly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=104"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/earthly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":99,"date":"2024-02-06T13:20:41","date_gmt":"2024-02-06T13:20:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/earthly\/?p=99"},"modified":"2024-02-06T13:20:41","modified_gmt":"2024-02-06T13:20:41","slug":"s-1-e-10-cicadas-here-cicadas-there-cicadas-are-gonna-be-everywhere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/earthly\/2024\/02\/06\/s-1-e-10-cicadas-here-cicadas-there-cicadas-are-gonna-be-everywhere\/","title":{"rendered":"S-1, E-10: Cicadas here! Cicadas there! Cicadas are gonna be everywhere!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-101\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/earthly\/files\/2024\/02\/Eric-Benson_043-1365x2048-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/earthly\/files\/2024\/02\/Eric-Benson_043-1365x2048-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/earthly\/files\/2024\/02\/Eric-Benson_043-1365x2048-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/earthly\/files\/2024\/02\/Eric-Benson_043-1365x2048-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/earthly\/files\/2024\/02\/Eric-Benson_043-1365x2048.jpg 1365w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>Every 13 years in the Southeast and parts of the Midwest, countless cicadas rise out of the ground and breed. The spring and summer of 2024 marks the thirteenth year since the cicada brood known as brood XIX\u2019s last emergence, which means in a few months they\u2019ll be everywhere.<\/p>\n<p>Jonathan talks with Clemson University entomologist Eric Benson about the fascinating lifecycle of what are called \u201cperiodical cicadas.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Benson is going to tell us what we learned about brood XIX when it emerged in 2011, what we can expect when they come out again in 2024, and what citizens can do to help scientists understand this wonder of nature.<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"buzzsprout-editor-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/www.buzzsprout.com\/2151655\/episodes\/14405240?client_source=small_player&#038;iframe=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"200\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" style=\"display:block;border:0;\"><\/iframe>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/earthly\/files\/2024\/02\/Ep.-10-Brood-19-transcript.pdf\">EPISODE TRANSCRIPT<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><b>SHOW NOTES<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Brood_XIX\">Brood XIX<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/cicadas.uconn.edu\/brood_19\/\">UConn Brood XIX website<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/cicadas.uconn.edu\/m_tredecim\/\">Magicicada tredecim 3D models and mating calls<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Every 13 years in the Southeast and parts of the Midwest, countless cicadas rise out of the ground and breed. The spring and summer of 2024 marks the thirteenth year since the cicada brood known as brood XIX\u2019s last emergence, which means in a few months they\u2019ll be everywhere. Jonathan talks with Clemson University [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3969,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8178],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-99","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-insects"],"fimg_url":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/earthly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/earthly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/earthly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/earthly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3969"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/earthly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=99"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/earthly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/earthly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/earthly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/earthly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/earthly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=99"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":94,"date":"2024-01-23T13:16:52","date_gmt":"2024-01-23T13:16:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/earthly\/?p=94"},"modified":"2024-01-23T13:27:39","modified_gmt":"2024-01-23T13:27:39","slug":"s-1-e-9-theyre-coming-for-us-how-south-carolina-is-beating-back-invasive-plants-and-insects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/earthly\/2024\/01\/23\/s-1-e-9-theyre-coming-for-us-how-south-carolina-is-beating-back-invasive-plants-and-insects\/","title":{"rendered":"S-1, E-9: They&#8217;re coming for us! How South Carolina is beating back invasive plants and insects"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_96\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-96\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-96\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/earthly\/files\/2024\/01\/steve_long-200x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/earthly\/files\/2024\/01\/steve_long-200x300.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/earthly\/files\/2024\/01\/steve_long.jpeg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-96\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Steven Long<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Retirees and warm-weather seekers aren\u2019t the only ones clamoring to move to the state of South Carolina. The Palmetto State is also under extreme pressure from invasive insects and plants that could devastate its agriculture industry and forests. In fact, a recent global report estimates that invasive species cause countries $423 billion a year in damage to crops, water, forests, wildlife, and more.<\/p>\n<p>In this episode of Earthly, Jonathan talks to Steven Long about South Carolina\u2019s fight against invasives.<\/p>\n<p>Long is assistant director of a state program that works with Clemson Cooperative Extension Agents, researchers and other state and federal agencies to battle insects, plants and plant diseases that are already here or are trying their best to get here.<\/p>\n<p>He gives an update on some notorious invaders we\u2019re currently battling, and others that we\u2019re trying to keep out.<\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"buzzsprout-editor-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/www.buzzsprout.com\/2151655\/episodes\/14354672?client_source=small_player&#038;iframe=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"200\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" style=\"display:block;border:0;\"><\/iframe><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/earthly\/files\/2024\/01\/Ep.-9-Invasives-Transcript.pdf\"><strong>Transcript<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><b>SHOW NOTES<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lissachatina_fulica\">Giant African Land Snail<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aphis.usda.gov\/aphis\/resources\/pests-diseases\/hungry-pests\/the-threat\/spotted-lanternfly\/spotted-lanternfly\">Spotted Lanternfly<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aphis.usda.gov\/aphis\/ourfocus\/planthealth\/plant-pest-and-disease-programs\/pests-and-diseases\/box-tree-moth\/box-tree-moth\">Box Tree Moth<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clemson.edu\/public\/regulatory\/plant-industry\/index.html\">Clemson Department of Plant Industry<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Retirees and warm-weather seekers aren\u2019t the only ones clamoring to move to the state of South Carolina. The Palmetto State is also under extreme pressure from invasive insects and plants that could devastate its agriculture industry and forests. In fact, a recent global report estimates that invasive species cause countries $423 billion a year in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3969,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[639,8178,14815],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-94","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-agriculture","category-insects","category-plants"],"fimg_url":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/earthly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/earthly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/earthly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/earthly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3969"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/earthly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=94"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/earthly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/earthly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/earthly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/earthly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/earthly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=94"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}},{"id":89,"date":"2023-12-12T13:46:27","date_gmt":"2023-12-12T13:46:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/earthly\/?p=89"},"modified":"2023-12-12T13:47:27","modified_gmt":"2023-12-12T13:47:27","slug":"s-1-e-8-the-majesty-demise-and-restoration-of-the-american-chestnut-tree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/earthly\/2023\/12\/12\/s-1-e-8-the-majesty-demise-and-restoration-of-the-american-chestnut-tree\/","title":{"rendered":"S-1, E-8: The majesty, demise, and restoration of the American Chestnut tree"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_90\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-90\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-90\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/earthly\/files\/2023\/12\/don_hagan-300x199.jpeg\" alt=\"Don Hagan standing and smiling with trees in the background.\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/earthly\/files\/2023\/12\/don_hagan-300x199.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/earthly\/files\/2023\/12\/don_hagan-768x510.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/earthly\/files\/2023\/12\/don_hagan-1024x680.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-90\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Don Hagan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>When Bob Wells and Mel Torm\u00e9 penned \u201cThe Christmas Song\u201d in 1945 and the Nat King Cole Trio recorded it in 1946, \u201cChestnuts Roasting on an open fire\/Jack Frost nipping at your nose,\u201d became a Christmas tradition.<\/p>\n<p>Now as our attention turns to the holidays, it&#8217;s worth remembering that the American Chestnut tree that once dominated Southern Appalachian forests is gone. One recent article said that it numbered in the billions throughout its range. The tree was both ecologically and economically important. But a fungal pathogen that was introduced to North America caused a chestnut blight and destroyed the once-magnificent trees.<\/p>\n<p>Today on Earthly Jonathan talks to forest ecologist Don Hagan.<\/p>\n<p>Hagan is going to tell us about the history of the American Chestnut, its once-important role in our ecology and economy, how it died, and the heroic efforts being taken to bring it back from extinction.<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"buzzsprout-editor-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/www.buzzsprout.com\/2151655\/episodes\/14008504?client_source=small_player&#038;iframe=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"200\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" style=\"display:block;border:0;\"><\/iframe>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/earthly\/files\/2023\/12\/Ep.-8-American-Chestnut-transcript.pdf\">EPISODE TRANSCRIPT<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>SHOW NOTES<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tacf.org\/\">American Chestnut Foundation<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usda.gov\/media\/blog\/2019\/04\/29\/what-it-takes-bring-back-near-mythical-american-chestnut-trees\">What it takes to bring back the American Chestnut Trees<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hgic.clemson.edu\/chestnuts-roasting-on-an-open-fire\/\">HGIC: Chestnuts roasting on an open fire<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/naeb.brit.org\/\">Native American Ethnobotany Database<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When Bob Wells and Mel Torm\u00e9 penned \u201cThe Christmas Song\u201d in 1945 and the Nat King Cole Trio recorded it in 1946, \u201cChestnuts Roasting on an open fire\/Jack Frost nipping at your nose,\u201d became a Christmas tradition. 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It has a scary name, slimy texture, lives a solitary life under rocks in remote Appalachian Mountain streams, and is mostly nocturnal. Yet it\u2019s also increasingly threatened and important to maintaining stream health.<\/p>\n<p>On this episode of Earthly, Jonathan talks to Clemson associate professor Cathy Jachowski.<\/p>\n<p>Jachowski studies stream ecology, and she\u2019s going to tell us everything we ever wanted to know about the eastern hellbender \u2014 including the origin of its horror-movie name \u2014 which is just another one of its many mysteries.<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"buzzsprout-editor-preview\" src=\"https:\/\/www.buzzsprout.com\/2151655\/episodes\/13810429?client_source=small_player&#038;iframe=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"200\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" style=\"display:block;border:0;\"><\/iframe>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/earthly\/files\/2023\/11\/Ep.-7-What-the-heck-is-a-hellbender.pdf\">EPISODE TRANSCRIPT<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>SHOW NOTES<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.freshwaterconservationecology.org\/\">Jachowski Lab<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/endangered-amphibians-extinction-frogs-salamanders-3b1f4303f1a0fe087f3ceb543fa1496a\">Amphibians are the world&#8217;s most vulnerable animals<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ag.purdue.edu\/department\/extension\/hellbender\/index.html\">Help the hellbender<\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Eastern Hellbender is a mysterious creature. It has a scary name, slimy texture, lives a solitary life under rocks in remote Appalachian Mountain streams, and is mostly nocturnal. Yet it\u2019s also increasingly threatened and important to maintaining stream health. On this episode of Earthly, Jonathan talks to Clemson associate professor Cathy Jachowski. Jachowski studies [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3969,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[777],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-85","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-wildlife"],"fimg_url":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/earthly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/earthly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/earthly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/earthly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3969"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/earthly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/earthly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/earthly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/earthly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/earthly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.clemson.edu\/earthly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=85"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}]