Alaska gambles on turning boreal forest into farmland

[NickB79]

https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/alaska-farmland-climate-change-boreal-forest/

Alaska's boreal forest is one of the largest trappers of carbon dioxide in the world. But as the state warms twice as fast as the rest of the U.S., once frozen land is now thawed out and up for grabs.

"I see climate change in Alaska as an opportunity to bring in more crops, to develop more land," said Erik Johnson, who oversees the Nenana-Totchaket Agricultural Project for the Alaska Department of Natural Resources.

In October, the project began auctioning off 140,000 acres of the forest, divided into parcels, to the highest bidders from all over the world.

I was just talking to a coworker today about how long before we start farming Alaska as our more southernly farmland dies from climate change. Then I see this.

[WA-03 Democrat]

1. One of the reason Putin is pro-global warming

Makes a lot of farmland in Siberia

[TheRealNorth]

2. I am sure you meant Siberia 🙂

Although I doubt the Putin cares either way.

[WA-03 Democrat]

4. thanks-fixed

[FSogol]

3. I can heard the jingle now, "Delicious Avacados from Ketchikan!"

[NickB79]

5. A great breakfast choice!

Alaskan avocados on Canadian Yukon wheat toast, with delicious Minnesota orange juice to wash it down.

[roamer65]

7. A breakfast menu from 2079.

[hatrack]

6. Yes, boggy, acidic soils and 20 hours of daylight in summer should work NICELY for soy and corn

[NickB79]

8. Smells more like desperation to me

[hatrack]

9. Like people talking about planting in northern Manitoba as the world gets hotter . . .

Where were they planning on planting? On the Laurentian Shield? Jesus . . .