I like the banjo. I live near the sea. Be free..
If you’ve never been to California to see its giant redwoods, you should probably go soon. It might be only a matter of time before they’re all gone. Research released Friday indicates that the world’s oldest trees are dying at an alarming rate. “It is a very, very disturbing trend,” says lead researcher William Laurance of James Cook University. “We are talking about the loss of the biggest living organisms on the planet, of the largest flowering plants on the planet, of organisms that play a key role in regulating and enriching our world.”
This is literally the saddest thing I have ever heard in my entire twenty-some-odd years of existence. These trees are by far my favorite thing on the planet, and I am never happier than when I get to go visit them. I’m going to go die now.