"It’s Climate Week in NYC — that time when thousands congregate to hash out
solutions to labyrinthian climate problems. But what likely won’t garner a
roundtable discussion are northern Earth’s dying forests. It doesn’t take a PhD
to interpret the smoke signals from the hottest summer on record’s wildfires
and declare it a bad sign. Tallying the hectares burned is one thing and
determining its impact another. As it stands, our warming world is turning
carbon-rich forests to soot and making climate gains moot.
Trace the smoke that colored New York’s skies orange a few months ago and
you’ll arrive at the world’s largest biome: the boreal forest, or taiga. It’s a
massive band of coniferous trees that rings the globe just below the barren
Arctic Circle like a medieval monk’s haircut. And like an aging friar’s
hairline, that band is thinning. Fast. But the cause has nothing to do with
follicles and everything to do with feedback loops and human folly. And while
there’s no magic pill for boreal decline, there are some topical solutions that
can help save as many trees as possible."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
