Fall color is enhanced and quickened by sunlight

ACROSS THE NORTHWOODS - Blink and you may miss it. The leaves across the Northwoods are rapidly changing colors, and it's not just an illusion that they are changing faster.

Forestry experts say trees are actually shedding their chlorophyll quicker this year. Chlorophyll is the reason the leaves are green in the summer. The reason for the fast change is the amount of sunshine.

Full story: WJFW

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