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[โ€“] readbeanicecream@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So 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.

[โ€“] phi1997@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

But a necessary one