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> A University of Colorado/Boulder study shows that when forests burn across significant portions of the Rocky Mountains, the forests do not regrow. Even after
by threatofrain 5y ago
> A University of Colorado/Boulder study shows that when forests burn across significant portions of the Rocky Mountains, the forests do not regrow. Even after 15 years post-fire, 80% of the surveyed plots contained no new trees.
- TigeriusKirk 5y agoWhat's the expected percentage of regrowth plots after 15 years?
- chiefalchemist 5y agoThe article was thin on such details. > Even after 15 years post-fire, 80% of the surveyed plots contained no new trees. So 20% did, why? > Global warming has contributed to a doubling of the number of acres burned across the country since the 1990s. While I agree that climate change is real, so is mismanagement of our forests. Which is to blame most? Frankly, the use of the phrase Global Warming (instead of the more accurate and more accepted Climate Change) makes we suspect of the strength of the argument.
- yummypaint 5y agoAfter a normal fire trees begin regrowing immediately, and many trees survive. The fires weve been having are in forests choked with dead fuel, so they burn extremely hot and kill absolutely everything including the soil. There is supposed the be a mycelial network and microorganisms and seeds left in place after a fire. Part of the reason for the current state of things is mismanagement through blanket fire prevention. Another part is things like pine beetle in colorado and new mexico killing millions of acres of trees because of warmer temperatures associated with climate change, and that wood drying out for years in the desert air.