Category: Chlorophyll production slow in reaction to days getting shorter

  • Earlier And Earlier Sunsets

    Two months ago, July 10th, the sun set here at 8:38 p.m., and this evening it set at 7:30 p.m. Summer is now marching into autumn. As the days become shorter, trees sense that change. Their chlorophyll production slows, their leaves lose the green they started out with in the spring and other colors emerge.…