“The Force Majeure: Tibet is the High Ground Part III Acknowledges that glacial melt, vastly accelerated by Global Warming, is putting the 7 great rivers that flow through the continent at risk for flood and drought. This work proposes, through an elaborate process of paleo-ecological research, to slowly replace the 2.4 million square kilometer plateau with a vast, water-holding, bio-diverse grassland/open-canopy forest ecosystem. The potential for carbon sequestration suggests that 6 gigatons of carbon can be sequestered per decade.”
“The Force Majeure: Peninsula Europe Part III Where a new complex forest/grassland ensemble is composed in part by using paleo-ecological research methodologies and research into assisting the upward migration of species to rehabit the lands as far as possible, where snow and glacial melt formerly supplied the rivers with consistent flow. The ecological design will seek to create a sponge phenomenon, which would replace, in some measure, the original glacial melt, reducing the effects of flood and drought. Presently, the drought predicted will affect European food production dramatically.”
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These two images provide a way to visualize the topic of rethinking adaptation to a changing global environment. In the first image, "The Force Majeure: Peninsula Europe Part III shows where a new complex forest/grassland ensemble is composed, in part by using paleo-ecological research methodologies and research into assisting the upward migration of species to rehabit the lands as far as possible, where snow and glacial melt formerly supplied the rivers with consistent flow. The ecological design will seek to create a sponge phenomenon, which would replace, in some measure, the original glacial melt, reducing the effects of flood and drought. Presently, the drought predicted will affect European food production dramatically.”
In the rollover, showing "The Force Majeure: Tibet is the High Ground Part III the image acknowledges that glacial melt, vastly accelerated by global climate change, is putting the seven great river plains of the Eurasian continent at risk for flood and drought. This work proposes, through comparable paleo-ecological research, to slowly replace the 2.4 million square kilometer plateau with a vast, water-holding, bio-diverse grassland/open-canopy forest ecosystem. Models [by whom?] of potential carbon sequestration suggests that six gigatons of carbon can be sequestered per decade.”
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