9,000 tree species to discover

[Tom Dunlap]

If you discovered a species what might you name it? Who would you consider honoring?

Global count estimates Earth has 73,000 tree species – 14% more than reported

Second world war codebreaking calculations used at Bletchley Park find 9,000 of those species are yet to be discovered

www.theguardian.com

 

[KTSmith]

'course multiply that by 10 (or way more) for unidentified forest fungi and actinomycetes! Nice note! My wife, who subscribes to The Guardian, just sent me the link. Oh, and for those curious: When you break open a freshly dug clod of rich dark earth and smell that clean soil, clean forest life smell...that's mostly aromatics from the actino's.

 

[Tom Dunlap]

I find the Guardian a good place to start my news day.

There is a Far Side cartoon waiting...to use this line:

'...that's aromatics from the actinos' on some excavation.

 

[KTSmith]

The story of my life, providing dialogue for The Far Side!

 

[ghostice]

I find life up North now is much like the Calvin and Hobbs Snowman series. . . .