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> A small bump in plant growth can not be seen as anything but the smallest of a silver lining. It could also be seen as a bad thing. Forest fire season in the
by seattle_spring 5y ago
> A small bump in plant growth can not be seen as anything but the smallest of a silver lining.
It could also be seen as a bad thing. Forest fire season in the PNW is a lot worse in years with a wetter spring followed by a dry summer. This is because the extra moisture encourages thicker brush growth, which then dries up and serves as tinder and fuel for the fires later in the season.
I would think extra plant growth in dry areas combined with any sort of warming trend, would end up acting similarly.
- occamrazor 5y agoThe article is mostly discussing trees, not bushes.
- seattle_spring 5y agoIs there some reason one should believe that a mechanism that increases tree growth wouldn't also increase underbrush growth? Also, the article itself doesn't mention trees even a single time. Only the study it references does.