Sublime

As Tizard points out, we’re constantly moving genes around the world, usually in the form of entire genomes. This is how chestnut blight arrived in North America in the first place; it was carried in on Asian chestnut trees, imported from Japan. If we can correct for our earlier tragic mistake by shifting just one more gene around, don’t we owe it

No entanto, esse impulso não se espalha em milissegundos, como no nosso caso, mas a apenas 1 centímetro por minuto.

Every discipline discovers its own ecology in time, as it shifts inexorably from the walled gardens of specialized research towards a greater engagement with the wider world.

Uma floresta mais saudável, talvez até mais feliz, é mais produtiva, e isso significa aumento de receita.

as árvores plantadas se comportam como indivíduos solitários, por isso enfrentam muitas dificuldades e na maioria dos casos nem envelhecem

A great truth comes over him: Trees fall with spectacular crashes. But planting is silent and growth is invisible.

Spruce can gain a foothold everywhere where summers are short and winters are bitterly cold

There are specialized sap-sucking pests for every tree: firs