Redwood rainforest has five to 10 times the biomass - that's the sheer weight of living material - of, say, deep tropical rainforest in the Amazon basin. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes amazon basin biomass
When you get up into the crown of a redwood tree, you lose sight of the ground entirely. You also lose sight of the sky. And you're in a lost world. You're in an undiscovered, unexplored ecosystem, somewhere between Heaven and Earth, filled with forms of life, not all of which have been given names by scientists yet. Richard Preston crownearthecosystem share on social
Whatever happens to the great systems of nature will also be what happens to us. Richard Preston greatnaturesystem Change image and share on social
I don't believe in a biological apocalypse, but I think there is stormy biological weather ahead as the human population continues to grow. Richard Preston aheadapocalypsebiological Change image and share on social
A company doesn't have to compete with Amazon. A company can instead innovate in sectors Amazon doesn't presently care about. J. A. Konrath amazoncarecompany Change image and share on social
There is a red sandy beach in the Minas Basin in Nova Scotia that is unlike any other shore landscape I have ever seen. The world's highest tides wash its shores, and the soft cliffs of Blomidon Provincial Park are constantly crumbling away; whole trees will occasionally slide down to the sea to decay slowly in the wind and brine. John Burnside basinbeachblomidon share on social
Our children think our world will end. It's a tragic thing. Adults don't think that. They don't see that we are eating the planet. But we are. If you take all the biomass of vertebrates on the planet, 98% are men and their domestic animals. All the wild animals in the world make up only 2%. Yann Arthus-Bertrand adultanimalbiomass share on social