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READERS WRITE Effect of Climatic Warming on Taiga? I have noticed that freshly flooded areas often have greater numbers of fallen trees. The roots apparently no longer adequately anchor the tree if it is slightly canted or it has more branches on one side. Has anyone looked for similar effects under climatic warming where the taiga currently overlaps permafrost? Don E. McAllister, Ph.D Canadian Centre for Biodiversity Lemmings Lemmings that leap from clifftop to the sea are not more stupid than our race for we, no more than they, can keep a proper parity between our numbers and our space indeed our problem's more unkind, more pitiable what cliff-edge can we find now that the planet's full? Ian Gough, FRSC "As to myself," Ian Gough said in a letter accompanying the poem, "I am a retired professor of geophysics (University of Alberta) who produced 100+ papers on geophysical studies of the Earth over 47 years, and has one such paper still in press; but who now spends more time reading and writing poetry. Apart from youthful verse, mostly eminently forgettable, I began writing poems in my 69th year."