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minus-squarereadbeanicecream@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoSo it looks like the causes are: Increasing natural disasters such as wildfires, tornadoes and hurricanes Continual development in forested areas Aging forests This means at minimum we would have to: Mitigate climate change Create more national/protected forest areas Manage those forests effectively to ensure efficient carbon absorption (replacing older trees with younger trees when applicable). That’s a pretty tall order.
So it looks like the causes are:
This means at minimum we would have to:
That’s a pretty tall order.
But a necessary one