Northern forests are changing fast -- and no one knows what it will mean

[Panich52]

Alaska Dispatch

Northern forests are changing fast -- and no one knows what it will mean

As the climate changes, the boreal forests that ring the circumpolar North are undergoing rapid changes, too, induced by fires, insects and changing weather pattens.

Science | Asaf Shalev
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http://www.adn.com/article/20150907/northern-forests-are-changing-fast-and-no-one-knows-what-it-will-mean


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John “Chris” Maisch, state forester, points to a map of fires from this year’s wildfire season on Wednesday Aug. 19, 2015 at the Department of Natural Resources in Fairbanks.

[msongs]

1. it means "northern forests are changing fast" - as they have done for billions of years. change is

not new on the planet's timeline. please refer to george carlin for the correct interpretation

[randys1]

2. While we argue about marriage and taxes, the environment we rely on to live is dying.

One thing is for sure, about a third of this country thinks climate change is a communist conspiracy to misdirect us away from the important stuff; hating Russians, hating Gays, etc.

[Duppers]

3. Zactly!

[Nihil]

4. +1 (n/t)