Glacial melting is shining a spotlight on the science of ecological succession, the name given to the patterns of the arrival of one species after another as they appear in habitats previously lacking in life.
LINK (via ars Technica)
As glaciers retreat, new streams for salmon
So…retreating glaciers mean more water for fish and other nice, human eye-friendly living stuff, do they?
The New Zealanders certainly don’t think so –
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/apr/01/slipping-through-our-fingers-new-zealand-scientists-distraught-at-scale-of-glacier-loss
Then there’s the Himalaya, Greenland, the Arctic, southern Patagonia and that big chunk of ice in Antarctica (where really cool dinosaurs once roamed)…..
Smells a bit like greenwash spirit to me.