Commenter warns of accelerating feedback loops as tree mortality fuels wildfires
2 Sep 11 1:04 PM · 12d ago · 7 comments · 1 source · development 2 of 2
A Bluesky commenter highlighted how adelgid-caused tree mortality creates fuel buildup for forest fires, which in turn accelerates the cycle—one of thousands of feedback loops already in action.
“the tree mortality caused by adelgid creates a substantial buildup of fuel for forest fires, and the feedback loop accelerates”
alienbeach.bsky.socialJonathan Davies Senior author, University of British ColumbiaNature Ecology & Evolution study team Research authors
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Just the beginning: the tree mortality caused by adelgid creates a substantial buildup of fuel for forest fires, and the feedback loop accelerates. There are thousands of these little feedback loops in action now.
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I'm in the PNW and The Cedars on my property are showing stress and I've lost a few already. I grew up here and since about 2010, I've seen a dramatic change in climate. "By the time you admit you have a problem you're too far down the back side of the curve to stop it."
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This has been going on for 20 years, and the direct climate change causation is also well known. It's not a future crisis, it's here. Millions of acres are dead in the Rockies throughout the US and Canada, and it all burns.
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Vermont has a surge in tree loss from insects too. Most of the trees I saw last month were infected. They lined the streets of Manchester, Burlington etc
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I know for one thing we need to get Mclintock and his corporate interests out and support democrat @michaelmasuda.bsky.social he’s an engineer not a politician he wants to find solutions not steal our money and hide from constituents
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Climate change was triggering a surge in forests in the New York and New England areas... Right up until the insect surge started taking hold this year.
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Came out Banff a few year back, heading to Idaho, and it was so sad. Miles and miles of kill.
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maybe it’s not a good idea to have vast areas covered in genetically identical trees.
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I was there last fall. It is truly heartbreaking and tragic to see.
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We know. And yes it's getting worse. Colorado Front Range, 2020
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Unless we aggressively embrace, climate change, we will die.
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This is why we need these government programs to turn out ways to control pests. Rabies, screw worm, pine Beatles…. We shouldn’t be shutting down these programs they are needed. Along with an environmental conscience!!!
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I mean its nature, its not deliberate but maybe some biodiversity could act as a buffer or something block the pine beetles by planting waves of something they hate?
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Nature verses trump who wins first as he deregulates and is selling out forests
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Same in The Sangre de Cristos in Santa Fe New Mexico.
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This is also wiping out the tall pines of Northern California, and creating greater fire danger for the people who live among those trees. The US Forest Service is operating with far fewer rangers and entemologists on this problem which is spreading rapidly through the pines in the US and Canada
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Please stop talking YOU AREN'T REPORTERS YOUR JOB IS ACTION - you people are the worst, you report problems, say someone has to do something & walk away STEP UP YOU'RE LAWMAKERS MAKE LAWS & TAKE ACTION IN EMERGENCY SUPPORT of CLIMATE REMEDIATION for the Rockies & elsewhere @booker.senate.gov
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Remember how well-meaning Fifties/Sixties New Brunswick battled Spruce Budworm with toxic aerial sprays and ruined the salmon fishery? Just a thought. I know which industry employs more.
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And what's wild is, obviously that's true re: certain insects, but insects as a whole are having their own 'apocalypse' for numerous reasons.
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What are you doing to protect the midterms from federal government interference?
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