Fri. 12/18 - The Business of X-Mas Trees & How COVID Changed Science

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Some ways that COVID could change science forever––both good and bad. The business of Christmas trees and why we’re still seeing the effects of the Great Recession in tree prices today. And a site that plays ambient noise from the forests of the world.

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Links:

COVID-19 Changed Science Forever (The Atlantic)
How Christmas trees are made, explained by a tree farmer (Vox)
We Buy a Lot of Christmas Trees (NPR)
America's Great Recession is still affecting Christmas tree sales (Business Insider)
Tune Into Forests From Around The World 🌳🔈 (tree.fm)
'Christmas Star' will be closest visible conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn in 800 years (NBC News)
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