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'Driving through the Harz region in central Germany feels like entering an
eerie post-apocalyptic landscape. Row after row of gray, dry naked trees
stretch into the sky like a sea of brittle needles. This decades-old forest has
been reduced to a tree graveyard in just a couple of years.
"Nowhere else in Central Europe can you experience the climate crisis like here
in the Harz Mountains," said Roland Pietsch, head of the Harz National Park.
Conifer forests across Germany are deteriorating under the combined pressures
of droughts, storms and invasive pests, according to the latest government
report on the state of the country's woodland. It's a similar story in Poland,
the Czech Republic and Scandinavia. But some see this loss as a net positive
for the climate in the long term.'
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
