And you've been saying newspapers no longer provide useful information:
With the start of fall only days away, experts are predicting a colorful coating of leaves on the region's mountainsides this season.
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Leaf colors begin showing once the weather cools, as chlorophyll is reabsorbed by the tree, revealing yellow pigments that were present all summer and red pigments triggered by the weather change, said UNC Asheville botanist David Clarke.
In about three months, expect another hard-hitting expose: Snow begins by warm air flowing up and over cold air . . .
