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Mountain pine beetle invasion in Canada poses global warming threat

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A festering problem Lloyd reported on last year -- the invasion of British Columbia's forests by voracious mountain pine beetles -- has taken a drastic turn for the worse, according to a new study published in the journal Nature. Werner Kurz of Natural Resources Canada found that the beetles are turning large tracts of forests into carbon sources -- rather than sinks -- aggravating the onset of global warming.
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6 responses // Mountain pine beetle invasion in Canada poses global warming threat

  • http://www.acousticecology.org/dunn/solit.html
    We have done a few interviews with David Dunn who has uncovered a frightening reality about this situation. It has been in our camera for over a year. Eventually we will try and produce a POD on this if we get a moment to edit.

    For now, check out this link and the many writings and interviews about his work. He is an amazing man.


    "Insects, Trees, and Climate: The Bioacoustic Ecology of Deforestation and Entomogenic Climate Change "
    twodee
  • We should planting trees everywhere - that are indigenous to the area - as rapidly as possible.
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    VoyagerFilms
  • interesting article.
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    The last sentence of the article is quite attractive in the way that it could apply to a multiplicity of subjects:
    "The rest of us might better describe these unplanned accelerations of climate change as the “holy crap factor ”.
    meligrosa
  • Nature is hitting back... as a species, we seem to be smart enough to know we're in the fight, but not smart enough to know that we can't win the fight.

    We have to take care of nature for it to take care of us.
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    kDrew_Productions
  • Yes VoyagerFilms we should be planting trees as quickly as possible
    I will keep that in mind.
    Thanks for the link TwoDee...I will watch it soon.
    Glad we have you on our team!

    kDrew I feel sometimes that we are a virus on the Earth and she is getting a fever...we have upset the balance...I hope we can learn to live in harmony but I am not sure if it will happen.
    CarolynGillis
  • "We have to take care of nature 'B4' it takes care of us!" =P lol

    we've had problems with these (or similar) beetles in my state too...haven't heard anything lately however. not all that much to practically done about them though if I do recall correctly. they are quite a problem but I'd venture that developers are still a much more pressing threat as regards deforestation and/or any global warming. And it's much easier to kill them off =P hehehe
    echoz

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