Seventy percent of the 226 tree species in forests around the world routinely function near the point where a serious drought would stop water transport from their roots to their leaves, says plant physiologist Brendan Choat of the University of Western Sydney in Richmond, Australia. Trees even in moist, lush places operate with only a slim safety margin between them and a thirsty death.
Trees worldwide a sip away from dehydration
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3 Takes on the changing climate
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Last month’s “weather event” should have taught us that. Whether in 50 or 100 or 200 years, there’s a good chance that New York City will sink beneath the sea. But if there are no patterns, it means that nothing is inevitable either. History offers less dire scenarios: the city could move to another island, the way Torcello was moved to Venice, stone by stone, after the lagoon turned into a swamp and its citizens succumbed to a plague of malaria. The city managed to survive, if not where it had begun. Perhaps the day will come when skyscrapers rise out of downtown Scarsdale.
The New York Times
Eating herring from San Francisco Bay
Bypass the big farmed fish that eat forage fish (in the form of fishmeal) and instead eat these little fish yourself. Even better, forage for your dinner: Get wet and muddy and come to know your coastline. If you go fishing, clamming, searching for mussels, or foraging for seaweed, you’ll be part of the changing of seasons, the movement of tides, and you’ll get glimpses into the marvels of our natural world. These are all ways to enter the realm of the whole fish. Anything you catch will taste that much better. And you’ll bring yourself into the food web in a healthy and intimate way.
Learn more at How eating more whole fish can change your life
Mark Sisson's training deload week
A deload week is a “take it easy” week. It’s a break from training hard and training often, and scheduling a deload week is often how hard-charging athletes and weight lifters (a notorious bunch who never want to take a break) force themselves to recover from their pursuits. Exercise, you see, especially effective, intense, hard exercise, requires that we recover. It’s just like any injury, wound, illness, or stressor faced by our body. We have to recover before we can get stronger. In fact, you don’t get stronger from the act of lifting weights. You get stronger by recovering from the act of lifting weights.
Learn more at The Deload Week: What It Is, How to Do it, and Why It Might Help You Get Stronger
"Super-local" community supported agriculture in Denver
Five years ago, Debbie started Farm Yard CSA. It’s similar to a traditional community-supported agriculture (CSA) scheme, but rather than source all the food from a single farm outside the city, or even a few coordinated larger farms, hers is a neighborhood CSA. All Farm Yard produce grows in front and backyards within a five-mile radius of her house. Debbie’s house is a half-block from my house, and I’ve been enjoying walking to pick up my fresh produce all summer and fall.
Learn more at Yard times: Denver’s super-local veggie box