00:00 you take in the fall foliage, you may be wondering why the leaves change color in
00:03 the first place. Ariella Scalise is here to break it down for us.
00:07 Thanks. And it's that time of year we're starting to see the beautiful autumn
00:12 colors moving through and the change of the leaves from that bright green color
00:17 we have all summer long to then starting to peak into some colors of yellow,
00:22 oranges and red. So we're breaking down why the leaves do change color as we
00:27 get shorter days here, less sunlight. The chlorophyll that takes over the
00:31 leaves throughout the summer season starts to fade a bit here and let some
00:35 of those other colors start to pop so that chlorophyll production becomes a
00:39 little bit less and those yellows and oranges are starting to be a little bit
00:42 more revealed here as we continue in to our fall season. And did you know the
00:47 kind of weather that you've been having recently can also impact how the leaves
00:51 are looking out there. So when we take a look at the moisture comparison, if
00:55 you've had very dry conditions here, the leaf color in your area, maybe a little
00:59 bit muted, maybe even a little bit delayed. But if you've had some recent
01:03 really wet conditions that can often cause the leaf color change to be more
01:07 vibrant and more on time as long as it's not too wet and windy that the leaves
01:11 just kind of come off the trees at that point. Let's take a closer look at some
01:15 of the different colors here that may be taking up the area where you live. If
01:18 you're starting to see some of those golden bronze colors, those air from the
01:21 hickories, the purple reddish colors, those are the nice dogwood trees. You
01:25 see a lot of those throughout the southeast into the southeast, limited to
01:29 no really change in the color of the leaves. We're seeing more of those
01:31 changes, though, of course, as you head farther north, especially into northern
01:34 parts of Wisconsin and into the arrowhead of Minnesota. All right, back
01:38 to you.
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