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Pastimes : Where the GIT's are going
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To: KLP who wrote (136490)3/4/2007 9:59:45 AM
From: ManyMoose  Read Replies (1) of 225578
 
As a matter of fact, Foresters study geology and climatology as part of their training. The reverse is not necessarily true. Forestry is an art with a scientific background, while these others are more clearly science.

There are people who study tree growth ring patterns to discern past climate fluctuations.

I had one such person call me looking for Alaska yellow cedar, because that is one of the species that can be interpreted. I knew of a few pockets of them in my area, so I was able to help. They were all little isolated enclaves tucked into cirques or bowl-shaped landforms, and I used them to interpret severe frost problems. If I saw Alaska yellow cedar, no clearcutting. It's a northern species and this was at the southern end of its range.

A cirque or other bowl-shaped landform was my geological indicator of a frost pocket. See, stable cold air flows down hill and ponds up when it meets resistance like a cirque or a bench. There it tends to kill of tender shoots of new plantations. So, I looked for alternatives to clearcutting there.

Geology is a fundamental science on which many others rest -- paleontology for example.

I'm not privy to discussions between the disciplines vis a vis global warming, but I'm sure there are many.
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