When a Tree Falls on a Coastline, Does Anybody Hear?
Rising seas are coming for this apple tree on a storm-shredded coast near our home in downeast Maine. I’ve been chronicling its fate on social media over the past couple of years. I’m blown away by the tree’s enduring capacity not only to cling to life but emerge in full flower even as its exposed roots slowly tear away from the eroding bank.
But ultimately the tree is stuck.
You are not.
I recommend people spend less time re-posting hyped proclamations of ice-sheet collapse and more sharing insights on how to build resilience to coastal and inland storms, not to mention wildfire risk, heat domes and the rest. Here are some perennially useful starting points:
A Predicted Foot of Sea Rise by 2050 Spurs Fresh Efforts to Connect Changes in Ice Sheets with Action on Main Street
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A Look at Nature-Based Strategies for Sustaining Shorelines in a Changing Climate
I’m a huge fan of Mongabay, a news outlet using a worldwide array of journalists to track conservation threats and solutions from Borneo to Bolivia - and the United States. Below I’m republishing a new story that powerfully informs the coastal life my wife and I chose in downeast Maine two years ago, describing a nature-based path to resilience in the t…