Articles written by Hobbs Magaret

Hobbs Magaret|Updated Sep 18, 2018

Was there ever an age where the forests didn't burn? Where soil water retention was so great and energy transfer so effective that fires weren't necessary to keep woody biomass at bay? It turns out there was. The beginning of the Pleistocene around two million years ago exhibited levels of biodiversity we can only dream of today. Just a cursory glance at Pleistocene history reveals what our sclerotic public landscape is missing: massive herds of grazers. I'm talking millions and millions of animals on annual migration... Full story