Why Do Leaves Change Color in the Fall? (With Ashleigh Cibelli-Pettus)

Why do tree leaves change color in the fall?

Are leaves like a mood ring that show how the tree is feeling?

I sat down with arborist Ashleigh Cibelli-Pettus to get some answers.

Why do tree leaves change color? Are leaves like a mood ring that show how the tree is feeling? I sat down with arborist Ashleigh Cibelli-Pettus to get some answers. Ashleigh Cibelli-Pettus is Trees New York's Operations Manager and the Environmental Educator for the Young Urban Forester Internship and Citizen Pruner Courses.

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Ashleigh Cibelli-Pettus is Trees New York’s Operations Manager and the Environmental Educator for the Young Urban Forester Internship and Citizen Pruner Courses. Ashleigh is an ISA Certified Arborist and has over eight years of environmental education experience include teaching at Wave Hill and at Heifer International in Perryville, Arkansas. Ashleigh has led many community greening projects and is passionate about urban farming and urban forestry.

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Episode Bibliography:

• Chlorophyll does not reflect green light – how to correct a misconception

• Xanthophyll - an overview

• What Do Red and Yellow Autumn Leaves Signal

• When Oak Leaves Fail to Fall

• Ginkgo ‘living fossil’ genome decoded

• Which factors trigger leaf die-off in autumn?
  

BONUS EPISODE ALERT! I spoke to Ashleigh about tons of other fascinating questions that I received from listeners and friends like - do trees get sad? Do trees have intergenerational trauma? And why can fruit stay on the tree for a long time but rot as soon as it drops to the ground? Keep an eye out for it on your feed!

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Episode recorded, mixed and produced by Kate Douglas

Theme song is by Matthew Dean Marsh