Migrating Trees

[ysabetwordsmith]

 Climate change and other factors are pushing tree species northwest.

Comments

[zesty_pinto]

Someone I follow joked that it was the great exodus of the ents.

I can only imagine what our ecosystem will look like in the next forty years from this dramatic transition.

Thoughts

[ysabetwordsmith]

>> Someone I follow joked that it was the great exodus of the ents. <<

Well, Huorns. Ents are faster. But Huorns have their own charm.

>> I can only imagine what our ecosystem will look like in the next forty years from this dramatic transition. <<

Over the last forty years, my area has changed from Zone 5b to Zone 6a. Presumably in another forty it will be at least 6b if not warmer. :/

Re: Thoughts

[zesty_pinto]

Ugh. Yeah, according to one prediction scale, there's a chance my area will turn into a rainforest. Which is not what I want since I came up here for the cold and to avoid most of the bugs! I'd move to the scrublands if it meant keeping a job in a roach-hostile environment.

Given how I live around an area that got hit hard by Irene, no one here really likes to think about it. I suppose the only good thing about it is at least it means I could plant that squash with the tomatoes though, HA!

Re: Thoughts

[ysabetwordsmith]

>> Ugh. Yeah, according to one prediction scale, there's a chance my area will turn into a rainforest.<<

O_O

>> Which is not what I want since I came up here for the cold and to avoid most of the bugs! <<

My sympathies.

>>I'd move to the scrublands if it meant keeping a job in a roach-hostile environment.<<

Desert, arctic, or montaine are excellent options for escaping roaches.

I've seen predictions that put the Midwest as uninhabitably hot in 200-250 years.

>>Given how I live around an area that got hit hard by Irene, no one here really likes to think about it. <<

Bummer.

>>I suppose the only good thing about it is at least it means I could plant that squash with the tomatoes though, HA!<<

Heh, yeah.

[silver_chipmunk]

As my brother says, "What can you say We broke the planet."

Yes...

[ysabetwordsmith]

I have pointed out that humanity's impact on the Earth is roughly equivalent to that of a large coment or cataclysmic volcanism, in terms of the environmental devastation wreaked, species extinct, etc. This is not exaggeration, but rather based on scientific analysis and arguments for the Anthropocene. :/

Re: Yes...

[silver_chipmunk]

Oh I am well aware of it. *sigh*.