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> The vista had dissolved into an undulating sea of hummocks - waist-high depressions and ponds known as thermokarst. Vegetation, once sparse, had begun to flou
by cabaalis 7y ago
> The vista had dissolved into an undulating sea of hummocks - waist-high depressions and ponds known as thermokarst. Vegetation, once sparse, had begun to flourish in the shelter provided from the constant wind.
I understand the threat. I'm curious why the change described above though isn't somewhat welcome. It would seem that--at least temporarily--areas that are habitable now will become inhospitable, while areas that are not habitable now will be more welcoming.
- Upvoter33 7y agohere's one reason: when you move north, the amount of sun you get during different times of the year changes a lot. Some crops won't naturally be able to move north.
- gbrown 7y agoIn short, corresponding methane emissions.
- twp 7y agoCrops grow in soil. Soil is not just land area. It has an entire history that made it the fertile earth that it is today. You don't get fertile earth by taking permafrost and warming it.