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5 days ago · The forest is a wondrous and vital ecosystem that covers about 31% of the Earth's land area. It is home to a diverse array of plant and animal species, and it plays a crucial role in maintaining the balance of our planet's climate.
1 day ago · A forest is a complex ecological system in which trees are the dominant life-form. A forest is nature’s most efficient ecosystem, with a high rate of photosynthesis affecting both plant and animal systems in a series of complex organic relationships.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
4 days ago · At over 1.5 million acres, the Deschutes is home to some of the most epic natural scenery on the planet, and is perhaps the most beautiful national forest in America. Nowhere else in the US will you find a national forest so full of incredible natural diversity as in Bend, Oregon’s Deschutes.
5 days ago · Where We Live From Connecticut Public Radio. Where We Live is a call-in talk show about who we are in Connecticut and our place in the world. Apple Podcasts; RSS link
3 days ago · The conservation of the world's biodiversity is thus utterly dependent on the way in which we interact with and use the world's forests. A new method used in 2011, put the total number of species on Earth at 8.7 million, of which 2.1 million were estimated to live in the ocean. [86]
1 day ago · There are two parts of the Fermi paradox that rely on empirical evidence—that there are many potentially habitable planets, and that humans see no evidence of life. The first point, that many suitable planets exist, was an assumption in Fermi's time but is now supported by the discovery that exoplanets are common.
