https://reasonstobecheerful.world/detroit-sequoias-super-trees/
"Behind David Milarch’s desk in a large warehouse in rural Michigan grows the
future of climate change solutions. Thousands of infant sequoia and coastal
redwood saplings, each the size of a thumb, sprout beneath grey foil and
growing lamps in bus-size greenhouses. In the next room are their juvenile
siblings, five to eight inches tall: sequoias, coastal redwoods, oaks and a
hundred other tree species form the Archangel Ancient Tree Archive (AATA), a
living library of the world’s mightiest trees. These are not just any saplings
— they all are descendants of so-called champion trees, specimens of
exceptional size, age and resilience.
And the man behind this forest of the future is not just any tree grower. At
75, David Milarch is trying to save the world’s last old-growth forests from
extinction — by using their DNA to help reverse climate change. The need,
Milarch notes, is urgent: “Ninety-eight percent of the old-growth forest has
been logged,” he explains, lighting another cigarette as soon as the old one is
finished. “We have to save the remaining two percent. If you were down to the
last two percent of your life savings or your gas tank, wouldn’t you do
everything you could to make it go further?”"
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
