"A year of big numbers startled the world into talking about" Topic

…nature

"Some big numbers from nature made news in 2019. They were enough of a shock to get people talking about the dwindling diversity of plants, animals and other life on Earth, and what to do about it.

Some of that dramatic news came from the Amazon, where satellites picked up signs of a very active start to the annual fire season. The risk of a record-breaking season renewed worries about one of the richest reservoirs of biodiversity on Earth…"
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Armand

Y'know, everyone is running around screaming about the loss of the forests and the bio-diversity how the pollution is gonna destroy the planet etc. etc. etc.
I was originally trained as a forester, fires clear out dead wood and brush, adds nutrients to the soil, and increases bio-diversity in the long run. Also, for all you climate change advocates out there, the increase of new growth after a fire takes in massive quantities of "toxic" CO2 and puts out tons of O2. But wait, pretty soon they'll decide to make O2 a "toxic" gas too and then we're all screwed!!!

Thanks!.

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Armand

von Schwartz,
I was at Glacier Nat'l Park a few years ago. The guide told us the glaciers have been melting for almost 10,000 years as we are coming out of an ice age. The smaller they get the faster they melt.

I live in CA. If there were no forest fires we wouldn't have many species of trees, like Redwoods. It all needs to burn sooner of later.

Wolfhag

Exactly wolfhag, glaciers melt, that what they do.
There were a couple of business that my former employer insured, one performed controlled burns on forest land, the other controlled burns on prairie grasslands. Prairie grasses and a few common species of pine/spruce trees will not continue to reseed and grow without regular burns. Jack Pine seed cones only open and distribute their seeds under extreme heat such as fires.