[Bookshelf]

I have been told that there is as much forest/treed land in Massachusetts as there was in 1620. This may be happening all over New England and especially in western New York state.

[Paladin2]

CO2 is FOOD!

[IronJack]

Pave the Rainforest!

[BeauBo]

"This overall net gain is the result of a net loss in the tropics being outweighed by a net gain in the extratropics."

"Global bare ground cover has decreased by 1.16 million km2 (−3.1%), most notably in agricultural regions in Asia." Chinese leaving the farms and heading into the cities? It has been the largest total migration in human history.

"Consistently across all climate domains, montane (mountainous) systems have gained tree cover and many arid and semi-arid ecosystems have lost vegetation cover."

[oldtech]

After reading all the comments,the lesson I’m learning from this is....cut more trees,have less forest fires. Seems simple enough.

[Oatka]

Back in 2003 the wife and I retraced the route from Connecticut to California (with a dogleg down to Arizona) that Walter Wyckoff walked during a Social Experiment in 1891-92.

I planned on using period postcards to compare them to photos today and had a hard time, in places, matching up the scenes. He mentioned views that I consistently could not find as it was all blocked by trees.

[SamAdams76]

Whoever thinks we are running out of trees can come over to my house and take some of mine. I’ve got four acres of them and I would have to pay somebody to take them away.