Climate change tree testing begins

Does who will not survive will be cut down and sent to the lumber mill immediately and more couches will be made.

What tree species will survive? Probably the same species that lived through the last inter-glacial period. If it gets warmer trees will move to higher latitudes or higher altitudes, if it gets colder, the reverse will occur. We think of trees as slow growing because we have a relatively short life span by comparison, however in geologic time they can quickly colonize favorable habitats. The climate is always changing and plants survive the changes; it's called adaptation. The "global warming" seems to have ceased over the last several years. It is not universally accepted that it will continu... [More]

What tree species will survive? Probably the same species that lived through the last inter-glacial period. If it gets warmer trees will move to higher latitudes or higher altitudes, if it gets colder, the reverse will occur. We think of trees as slow growing because we have a relatively short life span by comparison, however in geologic time they can quickly colonize favorable habitats. This is, essentially, a provenance test. These have been going on since forever. Usually it's just to find out what varieties from other areas can survive and do well in this area and vice versa. These are lon... [More]

This time, warming is occurring much faster - fast enough that plants and animals aren't moving poleward fast enough to keep up with rising temperatures. Once the necessary habitat conditions outrun the species, that's extinction. Oaks go under first - cottonwoods last. At the very least, we're going to see radically altered plant and animal communities, if not ecosystem collapse. Business-as-usual means disaster has already been entrained. Warming is occurring much "faster" simply because we do not possess the technological means of measuring temperature variations millions of years in the pa... [More]

Another 'COSTLY" program using money which i feel sure could actually benefit where it is really needed !