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MSUE farmer education day focuses on corn tar spot which hit Michigan last growing season
One can produce a tar-like substance from corn stalks by heating them in a microwave oven. This process is known as pyrolysis. Tar is a dark brown or black viscous liquid of hydrocarbons and free carbon, obtained from a wide variety of organic materials through destructive distillation. Tar can be produced from coal, wood, petroleum, or peat. [1]
Climate change in Michigan encompasses the effects of climate change, attributed to man-made [1] increases in atmospheric greenhouse gases, in the U.S. state of Michigan. The United States Environmental Protection Agency states that "Michigan's climate is changing. Most of the state has warmed two to three degrees (F) in the last century.
Forecasters are warning that it will be hot and muggy in southeast Michigan for the next two or three days, with a chance for severe weather — strong winds, hail, and perhaps even an isolated ...
The experiment was not originally carried out under any special controlled atmospheric conditions, meaning the viscosity could vary throughout the year with fluctuations in temperature. Sometime after the seventh drop fell (1988), air conditioning was added to the location where the experiment takes place.
A winter storm warning is in effect along the Lake Michigan shoreline, with up to 10 inches of snow and winds of 50 mph possible, the weather service said. In mid-Michigan, a winter weather ...
The heating (dry distilling) of wood causes tar and pitch to drip away from the wood and leave behind charcoal. Birchbark is used to make birch-tar, a particularly fine tar. The terms tar and pitch are often used interchangeably. However, pitch is considered more solid, while tar is more liquid.
Michigan’s two largest utilities scrambled Wednesady to reconnect utility lines brought down in storms in which 60-70 mph winds mowed down trees throughout the state, leaving, at one point, more ...