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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-24-08 11:39 AM Original message |
Pine beetle outbreaks turn forests into carbon source |
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hatrack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-24-08 11:39 AM Response to Original message |
1. Oops!!! |
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texastoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-24-08 11:41 AM Response to Original message |
2. Is it because of the increase in temp? |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-24-08 11:43 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Basically, warm winters. Hard freezes used to keep them under control. |
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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-24-08 11:53 AM Response to Reply #2 |
7. Dutch elm disease is also a big part of the problem in CO.. |
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malakai2 (483 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-24-08 01:15 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Losing Siberian elms is not a disaster |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-24-08 11:47 AM Response to Original message |
4. And fires follow. We are about to lose our forests. |
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GliderGuider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-24-08 11:47 AM Response to Original message |
5. Time to build a bunch of mobile charcoal retorts. |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-24-08 11:49 AM Response to Original message |
6. And when the forest regrows, it will cycle back. |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-24-08 11:56 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Pine beetle outbreaks *are* something we did. |
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Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-24-08 12:09 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Maybe. |
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Muttocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-24-08 02:52 PM Response to Original message |
11. I remember reading about the trickle-up impacts to grizzlies in NY Times last year |
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