Researchers show how forest loss leads to spread of disease

phys.org ^ | APRIL 8, 2020 | by Rob Jordan, Stanford University

[RomanSoldier19]

Viruses that jump from animals to people, like the one responsible for COVID-19, will likely become more common as people continue to transform natural habitats into agricultural land, according to a new Stanford study.

*** shocking ***

[RomanSoldier19]

[cranked]

Studies are a dime a dozen.

[LegendHasIt]

There are more growing trees in the United States today than there were a hundred years ago.

[rfp1234]

Exactly. We need to put more CO2 in the air to grow even more forests.

[preacher]

L8r 4

[eastexsteve]

Maybe in Uganda. But, porous borders is what causes this disease to spread here.

[DoughtyOne]

...and worth far less than that.

[kearnyirish2]

I’m guessing the author never had Lyme Disease...or Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever.

[newnhdad]

Not this cr@p again.. we’re all gonna die because (insert leftist cause dujour here)
Too many trees, not enough trees, too warm, too cold, plastic use, paper use, rising sea levels, shrinking sea levels, too much ice, ice is melting, ozone layer is gone, too much ozone is bad, ..

I wish I could get paid for writing BS papers and making BS claims.

[CincyRichieRich]

I have noticed when I fertilize my front lawn, elephants never enter my yard.

[Stanwood_Dave]

How do I put this, I know: "Houston we have a problem," someone needs to tell, make that inform those jack wagons, about:

http://www.nbcnews.com/science/environment/3-trillion-study-finds-many-many-more-trees-previously-estimated-n420456

I realize the link is from Sep 2 2015, (and still work's) by by James Eng {of / from} Science Environment.

James Eng is a Technology and Science contributing editor for NBC News. Eng joined NBCNews.com from MSN News, where he was an online content producer, writer and editor. Prior to his work at MSN News, Eng was a senior editor at MSNBC Interactive. Before that, he was a reporter and editor for The Associated Press.

Maybe because these smartest people in the room, know the lame stream, former main stream DemocRAT media, will carry their water.

Also, I'm assuming the libtards, haven't a clue about:

Mapping tree density at a global scale

https://www.nature.com/articles/nature14967
Article | Published: 02 September 2015
T. W. Crowther, H. B. Glick, […]M. A. Bradford
Nature volume 525, pages201–205(2015)Cite this article

Author information Affiliations Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University, New Haven, 06511, Connecticut, USA
T. W. Crowther, H. B. Glick, K. R. Covey, C. Bettigole, D. S. Maynard, J. R. Smith, G. Hintler, M. C. Duguid, W. Jetz, P. M. Umunay, C. W. Rowe, M. S. Ashton, P. R. Crane & M. A. Bradford
a shopping list (make that 2 shopping list worth) of other affiliations has been removed by me Stanwoodave.

Abstract

The global extent and distribution of forest trees is central to our understanding of the terrestrial biosphere. We provide the first spatially continuous map of forest tree density at a global scale. This map reveals that the global number of trees is approximately 3.04 trillion, an order of magnitude higher than the previous estimate. Of these trees, approximately 1.30 trillion exist in tropical and subtropical forests, with 0.74 trillion in boreal regions and 0.66 trillion in temperate regions. Biome-level trends in tree density demonstrate the importance of climate and topography in controlling local tree densities at finer scales, as well as the overwhelming effect of humans across most of the world. Based on our projected tree densities, we estimate that over 15 billion trees are cut down each year, and the global number of trees has fallen by approximately 46% since the start of human civilization.

Here I'll do it for them "The Sky is Falling." News @ 11:00.

[Nifster]

So now it’s back to climate change

Good Lord these people are so full of hubris

[meadsjn]

University Research Process

1. Get some funding.
2. Examine some belly-button lint.
3. Conclusions.
   • Need more funding.
   • Need to exterminate a few Billion people.
4. Repeat.

[PUGACHEV]

There were far less trees and more open land in the 1800’s. Farming was less efficient, and the cost of farm labor was much lower, which put even marginal land into production. Wood was also the most common, if not the only fuel for heating and cooking outside cities, leading to even more deforestation.