Let me say up front - we need to plant more trees. That said, I’m continually astonished by our need for a silver-bullet solution to our problems. There are many viable tactics to reduce emissions. They should all be integrated and applied where appropriate.

Climate change we're causing today does not stop in 2100. The human-caused CO2 increase will persist for tens of thousands of years, keeping temperatures high, raising sea levels by many meters, releasing methane from permafrost and ocean floor, etc. nature.com/articles/s4155… ($)

Animation of the long-term weather stations that have reported a daily, monthly, or all-time record high temperature from May 1st to July 31st. Welcome to Northern Hemisphere summer.

That’s just gong to go to his head...

A must read for anyone interested in proper journalism.

Our public education system is failing us...

Australian Prime Minister Not ScoMo wants children to have more "context and perspective" on climate change to avoid "needless anxiety". smh.com.au/politics/feder… For context, Australia has the highest per capita greenhouse gas emissions of any country with >10M people.

Modern global warming has been ~10x faster than any warming and temperature is now higher than any time in at least the past 20,000 years. Without us, very slow orbital cooling (23,000-year precession cycle) would have continued. More on these data: realclimate.org/index.php/arch…

We're heading to the hottest Arctic fall season in 3M years. Entire basin & Greenland 16°C to 28°C warmer than normal.

Gotta love the end of the semester when we have so much free time.

Warmest years in recorded history, in descending order. 2016 2019 (estimate) 2017 2015 2018 2014 2010 2005 2013 2007 2009 1998 2002 2006 2012 2003 2011 2001 2004 2008 1997 Notice anything?

Native Species or Invasive? The Distinction Blurs as the World Warms e360.yale.edu/features/nativ… via Yale Environment 360

"Forests are now seemingly losing the ability to absorb pollution which is alarming. What more of a wake-up call do we need?” theguardian.com/environment/20… Simon Lewis and others quoted with authors from @ubcforestry CIFOR among many other institutions

Disturbances are complex and seldom act alone in shaping forest ecosystems.

A great intro to the fantastic science of dendrochronology

It’s so unfortunate that we undervalue these types of ecosystems. From a biodiversity perspective, they are irreplaceable. Once clear cut, they’re gone.

Entomology is one of the few fields in which you can see something new every day.

I concur. Definitely a Monochamus spp. Check its life history here: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monochamu…

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