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Tour a ‘zombie house’

By Adirondack Explorer

Video by Eric Teed for Adirondack Explorer This house in Jay is the first rehabilitation project to be undertaken by the Essex County Land Bank. Houses like this are referred to as zombie houses and the land bank seeks to bring this and houses like it back to life and to sell them at below…

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A record-breaking tree

By Jak Krouse

Join naturalist Erik Danielson in his search for the largest white pine in New York State, by volume.

A yellow tent sits near icy water bodies in Antarctica.

Field work in Antarctica

By Adirondack Explorer

Watch a slideshow and hear Adirondack Watershed Institute researcher Lija Treibergs describe a typical day in her Antarctica field work.

Garden journals

By Adirondack Explorer

Adirondacks resident Dana Fast, 91, talks about 40 years of keeping a garden journal chronicling changes in the growing season. Video by Chloe Bennett. See related story by Chloe: https://www.adirondackexplorer.org/stories/adirondacks-weather-journals

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Adirondack lakes: Insights into a changing climate

By Cayte Bosler

Scientists discuss the effects of climate change on the Adirondacks.

How to spot hemlock woolly adelgid

By Gwendolyn Craig

Forester Jason Denham provides tips and trick for spotting hemlock woolly adelgid, an invasive insect plaguing Lake George's hemlocks.

Continuing the battle against hemlock woolly adelgid

By Gwendolyn Craig

The New York State Hemlock Initiative released predator beetles, which eat invasive hemlock woolly adelgid, at Paradise Bay on Lake George.

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Climate Q&A

By Adirondack Explorer

A Q&A session between reporter Zachary Matson and Curt Stager, climate scientist, author and professor at Paul Smith's College.

Secret Scavengers

By Mike Lynch

Turkey vultures, coyotes and bears are among the animals that visit a moose carcass on Shingle Shanty Preserve and Research Station in the western Adirondacks. Watch this video to see nature in action.

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