Comments on: Climbing a rickety stair to the top of the forest http://boingboing.net/2012/05/23/climbing-a-rickety-stair-to-th.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:00:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: sota767 http://boingboing.net/2012/05/23/climbing-a-rickety-stair-to-th.html#comment-1433647 sota767 Fri, 25 May 2012 16:26:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=162707#comment-1433647 Ballsy, I don't think I could keep hold of a camera when climbing that high. Ballsy, I don’t think I could keep hold of a camera when climbing that high.

]]> By: Ryan Graves http://boingboing.net/2012/05/23/climbing-a-rickety-stair-to-th.html#comment-1432373 Ryan Graves Thu, 24 May 2012 12:39:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=162707#comment-1432373 Right by Quabbin... you're playing around in what was essentially my back yard as a child. Right by Quabbin… you’re playing around in what was essentially my back yard as a child.

]]> By: jhertzli http://boingboing.net/2012/05/23/climbing-a-rickety-stair-to-th.html#comment-1432248 jhertzli Thu, 24 May 2012 06:39:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=162707#comment-1432248 Have the scientists found out where the trees are storing the carbon? If the trees aren't growing fast, it's probably not as wood. Have the scientists found out where the trees are storing the carbon? If the trees aren’t growing fast, it’s probably not as wood.

]]> By: Vanwall Green http://boingboing.net/2012/05/23/climbing-a-rickety-stair-to-th.html#comment-1432148 Vanwall Green Thu, 24 May 2012 03:22:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=162707#comment-1432148 To paraphrase swabbies, "One hand for the stair, one for yourself." To paraphrase swabbies, “One hand for the stair, one for yourself.”

]]> By: NewPrescriptivist http://boingboing.net/2012/05/23/climbing-a-rickety-stair-to-th.html#comment-1432122 NewPrescriptivist Thu, 24 May 2012 02:28:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=162707#comment-1432122 This stair was on the April cover of BioScience magazine, as part of a special section on the US Long Term Ecological Research Network, which the Harvard Forest is part of. The LTER Network (as you'd probably guess from the name) is designed for experimental studies that are longer than the typical funding cycle, such as the carbon sequestration study that is mentioned in this article. (Disclaimer: I work for BioScience.) This stair was on the April cover of BioScience magazine, as part of a special section on the US Long Term Ecological Research Network, which the Harvard Forest is part of. The LTER Network (as you’d probably guess from the name) is designed for experimental studies that are longer than the typical funding cycle, such as the carbon sequestration study that is mentioned in this article. (Disclaimer: I work for BioScience.)

]]> By: anansi133 http://boingboing.net/2012/05/23/climbing-a-rickety-stair-to-th.html#comment-1432074 anansi133 Thu, 24 May 2012 01:19:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=162707#comment-1432074 I've been wondering if the quadrocopter craze has made it to forestry research? With the right sort of cowling, I'll bet some kind of hovering drone could ascend through foliage without getting caught in the branches. The evolution for such a design might look a lot like the tumbleweed mars probe. Too big and it catches on everything, too small and there's not enough thrust to overcome resistance. Eventually some joker will dress one up to look like Vader's hovering torture droid from episode IV. I’ve been wondering if the quadrocopter craze has made it to forestry research? With the right sort of cowling, I’ll bet some kind of hovering drone could ascend through foliage without getting caught in the branches.

The evolution for such a design might look a lot like the tumbleweed mars probe. Too big and it catches on everything, too small and there’s not enough thrust to overcome resistance.

Eventually some joker will dress one up to look like Vader’s hovering torture droid from episode IV.

]]> By: sofong http://boingboing.net/2012/05/23/climbing-a-rickety-stair-to-th.html#comment-1432073 sofong Thu, 24 May 2012 01:18:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=162707#comment-1432073 Gloucester Tree in Pemberton Australia is an old fire watch platform, 61 meters above the ground (200 feet). Climbed via a spiral of pipes drilled into the trunk their ends tethered by cable. No handrail and no net. It is certainly an exciting climb. It is at the South Western tip of Australia an easy drive South from Perth. Third largest tree species in the world. pic: http://images.travelpod.com/users/mattandneetie/13.1276867724.the-gloucester-tree.jpg Gloucester Tree in Pemberton Australia is an old fire watch platform, 61 meters above the ground (200 feet). Climbed via a spiral of pipes drilled into the trunk their ends tethered by cable. No handrail and no net. It is certainly an exciting climb. It is at the South Western tip of Australia an easy drive South from Perth. Third largest tree species in the world. pic: http://images.travelpod.com/users/mattandneetie/13.1276867724.the-gloucester-tree.jpg

]]> By: Gideon Jones http://boingboing.net/2012/05/23/climbing-a-rickety-stair-to-th.html#comment-1432059 Gideon Jones Thu, 24 May 2012 00:40:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=162707#comment-1432059 Suddenly curious what effect on CO2 these mass pine beetle kills and aspen die-offs are having out here in the western US. Suddenly curious what effect on CO2 these mass pine beetle kills and aspen die-offs are having out here in the western US.

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