Devastating photos of the world’s most endangered forests
Originally shared by Pierre Markuse
Devastating photos of the world’s most endangered forests
With the growth of the world’s population and continuing deforestation, trees have become increasingly viewed as a valuable global asset. And on Wednesday, a surprising study published in Nature found that the Earth has more trees than previously thought.
And while this sounds good the following is also true:
“We can now say that there’s less trees than at any point in human civilization,” Crowther, lead author of the study, told The Post. “Since the spread of human influence, we’ve reduced the number almost by half, which is an astronomical thing.”
Full story and images here:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/09/04/more-trees-but-the-same-problems-these-forests-are-the-most-at-risk/
You may also want to read this article series:
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/Deforestation/deforestation_update.php
NASA video showing international deforestation patterns in tropical rainforests from 1975 until 2012:
https://youtu.be/6AVkjJKK3iE
#science #earth #trees #forests #deforestation
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/09/04/more-trees-but-the-same-problems-these-forests-are-the-most-at-risk/
Devastating photos of the world’s most endangered forests
With the growth of the world’s population and continuing deforestation, trees have become increasingly viewed as a valuable global asset. And on Wednesday, a surprising study published in Nature found that the Earth has more trees than previously thought.
And while this sounds good the following is also true:
“We can now say that there’s less trees than at any point in human civilization,” Crowther, lead author of the study, told The Post. “Since the spread of human influence, we’ve reduced the number almost by half, which is an astronomical thing.”
Full story and images here:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/09/04/more-trees-but-the-same-problems-these-forests-are-the-most-at-risk/
You may also want to read this article series:
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/Deforestation/deforestation_update.php
NASA video showing international deforestation patterns in tropical rainforests from 1975 until 2012:
https://youtu.be/6AVkjJKK3iE
#science #earth #trees #forests #deforestation
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/09/04/more-trees-but-the-same-problems-these-forests-are-the-most-at-risk/
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