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\"Butterflies<\/p>\n

Butterflies and Dominoes<\/div>\n

<\/a><\/p>\n

From the album “Butterflies and Dominoes<\/a>“<\/strong><\/p>\n

Butterflies and Dominoes<\/h2>\n

[Intro]
\nA tiny motion\u2026
\n(A distant change)
\nA single step\u2026
\n(A wider range)<\/p>\n

One small turn\u2026
\n(Begins the flow)
\nWatch what happens\u2026
\n(As systems grow)<\/p>\n

[Refrain]
\nWatch the butterfly
\n(Kiss the sky)
\nBlow a domino
\n(Then watch them go)<\/p>\n

[Verse 1]
\nA whisper moves across the air
\nA subtle shift could land anywhere
\nThe oceans turn, the forests bend
\nA change begins\u2026 where\u2019s the end?<\/p>\n

A little warmer, a little more
\nEnergy enters through the door
\nThe atmosphere begins to change
\nThe patterns shift, the winds rearrange<\/p>\n

[Chorus]
\nButterflies and dominoes
\n(Where the hidden pathway goes)
\nSmall beginnings
\n(Growing wide)<\/p>\n

Systems changing
\n(Worldwide)<\/p>\n

Feedback rising
\n(Loop by loop)
\nTipping points
\n(Coming through)<\/p>\n

Butterflies and dominoes
\n(Watch the chain reaction grow)<\/p>\n

[Refrain]
\nWatch the butterfly
\n(Kiss the sky)
\nBlow a domino
\n(Then watch them go)<\/p>\n

[Verse 2]
\nIce reflects the sunlight away
\nUntil the mirror starts to fade
\nDark oceans absorb the light
\nAdding heat into the night<\/p>\n

Frozen soils begin to thaw
\nReleasing what was stored before
\nForests struggle, oceans warm
\nEach response creates a storm<\/p>\n

[Bridge]
\nFeedback loops
\n(Amplify)
\nTipping points
\n(Stand nearby)<\/p>\n

One falls over
\n(Then another)
\nLike a signal
\n(From a brother)<\/p>\n

Dominoes falling
\n(Row by row)
\nFaster than
\n(We used to know)<\/p>\n

[Breakdown]
\nThe butterfly does not move the domino.<\/p>\n

No, the butterfly\u2026<\/p>\n

reveals the connection.<\/p>\n

(Now we know)<\/p>\n

[Final Chorus]
\nWatch the butterfly
\n(Kiss the sky)
\nBlow a domino
\n(Then watch them go)<\/p>\n

Small disturbance
\n(Larger change)
\nA new pattern
\n(Rearranged)<\/p>\n

Feedback rising
\n(Loop by loop)
\nTipping points
\n(Coming through)<\/p>\n

Butterflies and dominoes
\n(Where the hidden pathway goes)<\/p>\n

[Outro]
\nWatch the butterfly
\n(Kiss the sky)
\nBlow a domino
\n(Then watch them go)<\/p>\n

A butterfly flies\u2026<\/p>\n

A domino falls\u2026
\n(Surprise!)
\nA planet changes\u2026
\n(Rearranges)<\/p>\n

Connected\u2026<\/p>\n

Through it all.<\/p>\n


\n\"Butterfly
\n<\/a>
Butterfly Effect and Domino Effect<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

About the Song: The Hidden Connections Driving Climate Change<\/p>\n

Climate change is not a simple chain of cause and effect. The Earth operates as a connected system where changes in one part of the planet can trigger responses in many others. These emerging coupled feedback interactions demonstrate a fundamental principle of nonlinear systems: a small initial change can spread through multiple connected processes and produce a response much larger than the original disturbance. This is the climate version of the Butterfly Effect.<\/p>\n

Climate feedbacks do not operate independently. Instead, they interact as a vast network linking the atmosphere, oceans, ice sheets, forests, soils, and ecosystems. When one feedback strengthens another, the combined effect can become greater than the sum of the individual parts. This is why climate change can sometimes accelerate faster than expected and why predicting future changes is so challenging.<\/p>\n

Feedback Loops<\/a> \u2192 Tipping Points<\/a> \u2192 Acceleration<\/a> \u2192 Domino Effect<\/a><\/em><\/strong>
\nFeedback loops amplify climate change and can push interconnected Earth systems past critical tipping points. As tipping points are crossed, they can trigger additional feedback loops and destabilize other climate systems. This cascading \u201cDomino Effect\u201d compresses timescales, accelerates change, and increases the risk of rapid, nonlinear climate transformations.<\/p>\n

Emerging<\/h2>\n

[Intro]
\nSomething changes\u2026
\n(Beneath the view)
\nA hidden pattern\u2026
\n(Coming through)<\/p>\n

A single signal\u2026
\n(Begins to grow)
\nA new direction\u2026
\n(Who\u2019s to know)<\/p>\n

[Refrain]
\nEmerging
\n(From your cocoon)
\nDiverging
\n(Way too soon)<\/p>\n

[Verse 1]
\nA tiny shift begins the chain
\nA subtle spark within the rain
\nOne system moves, another follows
\nThrough the skies and ocean hollows<\/p>\n

Forests breathe and oceans turn
\nIce reflects what they return
\nEvery piece begins to bend
\nConnecting where the pathways end<\/p>\n

[Chorus]
\nEmerging
\n(Out of sight)
\nChanging patterns
\n(Left and right)<\/p>\n

Diverging
\n(From before)
\nOpening another door<\/p>\n

Not a single
\n(Simple line)
\nBut a network
\n(Intertwined)<\/p>\n

Emerging
\n(Into view)
\nA different world
\n(Breaking through)<\/p>\n

[Refrain]
\nEmerging
\n(From your cocoon)
\nDiverging
\n(Way too soon)
\nWhy, butterfly?<\/p>\n

[Verse 2]
\nA feedback loop begins to rise
\nHidden underneath familiar skies
\nOne response amplifies the next
\nChanging what we once could expect<\/p>\n

Atmosphere and living things
\nOceans, forests, frozen wings
\nNow connected through the flow
\nMore than any single show<\/p>\n

[Bridge]
\nCan you see it?
\n(The unseen thread)
\nAll the pathways
\n(Where they lead)<\/p>\n

Not tomorrow
\n(Not someday)
\nThe transformation
\n(Is underway)<\/p>\n

Emergent patterns
\n(Coming alive)
\nNew behaviors
\n(Will arise)<\/p>\n

[Breakdown]
\nA butterfly does not predict the storm.<\/p>\n

A single feedback loop\u2026<\/p>\n

does not define the future.<\/p>\n

But together\u2026<\/p>\n

connections become consequences.<\/p>\n

[Final Chorus]
\nEmerging
\n(From your cocoon)
\nDiverging
\n(Way too soon)<\/p>\n

New directions
\n(Coming fast)
\nLeaving behind
\n(The fading past)<\/p>\n

Feedback rising
\n(Through the chain)
\nAmplification
\n(Again and again)<\/p>\n

Emerging
\n(Into the light)
\nA changing system
\n(Changing its flight)<\/p>\n

[Refrain]
\nEmerging
\n(From your cocoon)
\nDiverging
\n(Way too soon)
\nWhy, butterfly?<\/p>\n

[Outro]
\nFrom the hidden\u2026<\/p>\n

Comes the visible\u2026<\/p>\n

From the smallest change\u2026<\/p>\n

Emerging\u2026<\/p>\n

A world transformed.<\/p>\n

[Refrain]
\nEmerging
\n(From your cocoon)
\nDiverging
\n(Way too soon)
\nFly, butterfly!
\n(Fly1)<\/p>\n


\n\"Butterfly
\n<\/a>
Butterfly Effect and Domino Effect<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

About the Song
\nEmerging coupled feedback interactions exemplify nonlinear amplification: a modest initial perturbation can propagate through multiple coupled systems, producing a response much larger than the original forcing\u2014a climate-scale manifestation of the Butterfly Effect. Rather than operating independently, feedbacks interact as an interconnected network in which biological, atmospheric, oceanic, cryospheric, and ecological processes reinforce one another. This networked behavior is one reason Earth-system responses become increasingly difficult to predict using traditional linear cause-and-effect thinking.<\/p>\n

Unlike traditional climate feedbacks, which are often described individually, coupled feedback interactions arise when one feedback activates, strengthens, or synchronizes with others, producing cascading amplification throughout the Earth system. These interactions create emergent behavior that cannot be understood by examining any single process in isolation.<\/p>\n

Zombie Fires and Ice Algae<\/h2>\n

[Intro]
\nBeneath the snow\u2026
\n(The embers sleep)
\nBeneath the ice\u2026
\n(The secrets keep)<\/p>\n

Hidden forces\u2026
\n(Begin to rise)
\nChanging Earth\u2026
\n(Before our eyes)<\/p>\n

\u2026 Surprise!<\/p>\n

[Refrain]
\nZombie fires
\n(Transpire)
\nHigher!<\/p>\n

Ice algae
\n(Really?)
\nReality<\/p>\n

[Verse 1]
\nA summer flame begins to burn
\nLeaving scars where forests turn
\nBut underground the story stays
\nWaiting through the frozen days<\/p>\n

[Pre-Chorus]
\nSleeping fire
\n(Still alive)
\nWaiting underneath
\n(To survive)<\/p>\n

[Chorus]
\nZombie fires
\n(Rising higher)
\nFrom the ground
\n(Without a sound)<\/p>\n

Ancient carbon
\n(Returns again)
\nFeeding warming
\n(From within)<\/p>\n

A hidden spark
\n(A warning sign)
\nA feedback loop
\n(Beyond the line)<\/p>\n

[Refrain]
\nZombie fires
\n(Transpire)
\nHigher!<\/p>\n

Ice algae
\n(Really?)
\nReality<\/p>\n

[Verse 2]
\nFar above the frozen land
\nA different change begins to stand
\nSnow retreats beneath the sun
\nRevealing what the ice has become<\/p>\n

Tiny life begins to grow
\nOn the glaciers far below
\nPigments darken frozen white
\nAbsorbing more of solar light<\/p>\n

[Pre-Chorus]
\nIce turns dark
\n(Albedo falls)
\nMelting faster
\n(As sunlight calls)<\/p>\n

[Chorus]
\nIce algae
\n(Really?)
\nReality<\/p>\n

Living color
\n(Changing seas)<\/p>\n

Darkened ice
\n(Absorbs the day)
\nAccelerating
\n(Melt away)<\/p>\n

A microscopic
\n(Force unseen)
\nChanging landscapes
\n(Cold and green)<\/p>\n

[Refrain]
\nZombie fires
\n(Transpire)
\nHigher!<\/p>\n

Ice algae
\n(Really?)
\nReality<\/p>\n

[Bridge]
\nNow you know the below
\n(Ice the ice above)
\nDisruption of flow
\n(What happened to love?)<\/p>\n

Small reactions
\n(Become chains)
\nHidden networks
\n(Change the game)<\/p>\n

[Breakdown]
\nThe strangest feedbacks\u2026<\/p>\n

are often the ones we cannot see.<\/p>\n

A fire beneath the snow.<\/p>\n

Hotter higher on the ice.<\/p>\n

Tiny changes\u2026<\/p>\n

with planetary consequences.<\/p>\n

[Final Chorus]
\nZombie fires
\n(Transpire)
\nHigher!<\/p>\n

Ice algae
\n(Really?)
\nReality<\/p>\n

Hidden forces
\n(Coming through)
\nChanging worlds
\n(We thought we knew)<\/p>\n

Zombie fires
\n(Ice algae)<\/p>\n

Signals rising\u2026<\/p>\n

(See\u2026)
\nReality.<\/p>\n

[Outro]
\nBeneath the snow\u2026<\/p>\n

The fire waits.<\/p>\n

Across the ice\u2026<\/p>\n

The color\u2026 participates<\/p>\n

Hidden\u2026<\/p>\n

Emerging\u2026<\/p>\n

Alive.<\/p>\n

(Thrive)<\/p>\n

About the Song
\nThe Strange and Hidden Feedback Network: Chaos Theory and the Acceleration of Climate Change<\/p>\n

Some of the most fascinating\u2014and concerning\u2014climate feedback loops are ones that were barely considered in climate models a decade ago. They illustrate how a relatively small change can trigger a cascade of nonlinear responses, making them particularly relevant from a chaos theory perspective.<\/p>\n

1. Zombie Fires (Overwintering Peat Fires)<\/h2>\n

Feedback loop:<\/strong><\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Higher temperatures \u2192 more drought.<\/li>\n
  2. Peat ignites during summer fires.<\/li>\n
  3. Fire smolders underground all winter.<\/li>\n
  4. Fire re-emerges the following spring.<\/li>\n
  5. Vegetation and insulating peat disappear.<\/li>\n
  6. Permafrost thaws.<\/li>\n
  7. Ancient carbon and methane are released.<\/li>\n
  8. More warming \u2192 more fires.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    These fires can survive beneath snow because peat acts like charcoal, insulating the combustion. They\u2019re becoming increasingly common across Canada and Siberia as warmer, drier conditions expand.<\/p>\n

    \n

    2. Greenland Ice Algae<\/h2>\n

    Perhaps one of the strangest biological feedbacks.<\/p>\n

    Feedback loop:<\/strong><\/p>\n

      \n
    1. Warmer summers melt snow.<\/li>\n
    2. Microscopic algae bloom on exposed ice.<\/li>\n
    3. Dark pigments reduce ice reflectivity (albedo).<\/li>\n
    4. More sunlight is absorbed.<\/li>\n
    5. Ice melts faster.<\/li>\n
    6. More liquid water supports additional algae.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Researchers call this biological darkening<\/strong>. In parts of Greenland\u2019s \u201cDark Zone,\u201d algae have become a measurable contributor to increased melt.<\/p>\n

      Strange and Hidden<\/h2>\n

      [Intro]
      \nWhat you don\u2019t see\u2026
      \n(Still matters)
      \nWhat you don\u2019t know\u2026
      \n(Still will grow)
      \nOh, oh, oh<\/p>\n

      [Refrain]
      \nThe strange
      \n(Rearrange)
      \nHidden from view
      \n(Do what they do)<\/p>\n

      [Verse 1]
      \nBeneath the ice and underneath snow
      \nTiny changes start to grow
      \nNot alone but hand in hand
      \nWorking quietly across the land<\/p>\n

      One small spark beneath the ground
      \nAnother signal without a sound
      \nOne begins what others feed
      \nGrowing faster than we\u2019d believe<\/p>\n

      [Pre-Chorus]
      \nHidden pieces
      \n(Working still)
      \nFollowing
      \n(Physics\u2019 will)<\/p>\n

      [Chorus]
      \nStrange and hidden
      \n(Hard to see)
      \nBuilding pathways
      \n(Quietly)<\/p>\n

      One becomes
      \n(Two or three)
      \nThen becomes
      \n(A growing sea)<\/p>\n

      The strange
      \n(Rearrange)
      \nHidden from view
      \n(Do what they do)<\/p>\n

      [Verse 2]
      \nZombie fires beneath the snow
      \nIce algae where glaciers glow
      \nThermokarst lakes begin to rise
      \nMethane drifting through the skies<\/p>\n

      Lightning strikes a drying land
      \nBeetles spread through weakened stands
      \nShrubs advance where tundra slept
      \nOceans warm in layers kept<\/p>\n

      As the stories intertwine
      \nCrossing invisible design
      \nNo single answer tells it all
      \nTogether, systems rise and fall<\/p>\n

      [Bridge]
      \nNot a straight line
      \n(Not a chain)
      \nMore like rivers
      \n(Joining rain)<\/p>\n

      Tiny changes
      \n(Start the flow)
      \nHow far they travel\u2026
      \n(Nobody knows)<\/p>\n

      [Final Chorus]
      \nThe strange
      \n(Rearrange)
      \nHidden from view
      \n(Do what they do)<\/p>\n

      Small beginnings
      \n(Big surprise)
      \nChanging Earth
      \n(Before our eyes)<\/p>\n

      Butterflies
      \n(Dominoes)
      \nOne small change
      \n(Grows and grows)<\/p>\n

      The strange
      \n(Rearrange)
      \nHidden from view\u2026<\/p>\n

      Changing\u2026<\/p>\n

      Me and you.<\/p>\n

      [Outro]
      \nHidden pathways\u2026<\/p>\n

      (Hidden patterns\u2026)<\/p>\n

      Hidden futures\u2026<\/p>\n

      (Anticipating)<\/p>\n

      Waiting\u2026<\/p>\n

      \u2026to emerge.<\/p>\n

      (Converge)<\/p>\n


      \n\"Chaos
      \n<\/a>
      Chaos Theory and the Acceleration of Climate Change<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

      About the Song: The Strange and Hidden Feedback Network
      \n*Chaos Theory and the Acceleration of Climate Change*<\/p>\n

      Climate change isn\u2019t just one feedback causing another.<\/p>\n

      It\u2019s becoming a **network of interacting feedbacks** where seemingly unrelated processes reinforce each other in ways that traditional linear thinking struggles to capture.<\/p>\n

      Our newest infographic explores some of the Earth\u2019s most unusual and recently recognized climate feedbacks, including:<\/p>\n

      \ud83d\udd25 Zombie Fires
      \n\ud83d\udfe2 Greenland Ice Algae
      \n\ud83c\udfde\ufe0f Thermokarst Lakes
      \n\ud83e\uddab Arctic Beaver Expansion
      \n\ud83e\udeb2 Boreal Forest Beetles
      \n\ud83c\udf3f Arctic Shrubification
      \n\ud83d\udca8 Wetland Methane Pulses
      \n\u26a1 Lightning Feedback
      \n\ud83e\udda0 Soil Microbiome Feedback<\/p>\n

      These systems don\u2019t operate independently.<\/p>\n

      A small change can trigger multiple connected responses that amplify one another\u2014a climate-scale example of **the Butterfly Effect**.<\/p>\n

      For example:<\/p>\n

      **Warming \u2192 Zombie Fires \u2192 Soot on Ice \u2192 Lower Albedo \u2192 Faster Melting \u2192 Thermokarst Lakes \u2192 Methane Release \u2192 More Warming**<\/p>\n

      This is **nonlinear amplification**: modest initial changes propagating through interconnected systems to produce responses far larger than the original disturbance.<\/p>\n

      As these hidden connections strengthen, predicting climate behavior becomes increasingly difficult using simple cause-and-effect models.<\/p>\n

      Understanding the **network** is becoming just as important as understanding the individual feedbacks.<\/p>\n

      \ud83c\udf0d Every new connection matters.<\/p>\n

      #ClimateChange #ChaosTheory #EarthSystemScience #ClimateFeedbacks #NonlinearDynamics #ButterflyEffect #Arctic #Permafrost #ClimateScience #SystemsThinking<\/p>\n

      The Strange and Hidden Feedback Network: Chaos Theory and the Acceleration of Climate Change<\/a><\/h3>\n

      The Acceleration of Acceleration<\/h2>\n

      [Intro]
      \nAt first\u2026
      \n(It seems slow)
      \nThen suddenly\u2026
      \n(\u2026 you know.)<\/p>\n

      [Refrain]
      \nNo! (No hesitating)
      \nAccelerating
      \n(Acceleration
      \n\u2026of acceleration)<\/p>\n

      (No!) No hesitation
      \n(No!) No time for anticipation
      \n\u2026when you wait\u2026
      \n(It becomes too late)<\/p>\n

      [Verse 1]
      \nOne small change becomes two more
      \nOpening another door
      \nThe next pathway finds a friend
      \nGrowing faster without end<\/p>\n

      [Pre-Chorus]
      \nLoop by loop
      \n(Chain by chain)
      \nSmall becomes
      \n(Big again)<\/p>\n

      [Chorus]
      \nAcceleration
      \n(Changing pace)
      \nAcceleration
      \n(Changing space)<\/p>\n

      Feedback building
      \n(One by one)
      \nUntil the race
      \n(Is never won)<\/p>\n

      [Refrain]
      \nNo! (No hesitating)
      \nAccelerating
      \n(Acceleration
      \n\u2026of acceleration)<\/p>\n

      (No!) No hesitation
      \n(No!) No time for anticipation
      \n\u2026when you wait\u2026
      \n(It becomes too late)<\/p>\n

      [Verse 2]
      \nNot a straight and simple line
      \nNot a clock that keeps good time
      \nNetworks learn to synchronize
      \nUnexpected patterns rise<\/p>\n

      [Pre-Chorus]
      \nOne connects
      \n(To many more)
      \nThen they open
      \n(Another door)<\/p>\n

      [Bridge]
      \nButterflies fly\u2026
      \n(Bye-Bye)
      \nThen, another domino
      \n(Starts to go)
      \nTiny changes\u2026
      \n(Start the flow\u2026)<\/p>\n

      Feedback joining
      \n(Still unaware?)
      \nBuilding something
      \n(None can share)<\/p>\n

      Not just faster\u2026
      \n(Faster faster\u2026)
      \nChanging how\u2026
      \n(Changing now\u2026)<\/p>\n

      [Breakdown]
      \nAcceleration\u2026<\/p>\n

      is change over time.<\/p>\n

      The acceleration\u2026<\/p>\n

      of acceleration\u2026<\/p>\n

      is when the rate of change\u2026<\/p>\n

      changes.<\/p>\n

      [Final Chorus]
      \nNo! (No hesitating)
      \nAccelerating
      \n(Acceleration
      \n\u2026of acceleration)<\/p>\n

      (No!) No hesitation
      \n(No!) No time for anticipation
      \n\u2026when you wait\u2026
      \n(It becomes too late)<\/p>\n

      Feedback rising
      \n(Loop by loop)
      \nNetworks forming
      \n(Group by group)<\/p>\n

      Small beginnings
      \n(Bigger fate)
      \nUnderstanding\u2026<\/p>\n

      \u2026cannot wait.<\/p>\n

      [Outro]
      \nThe future\u2026<\/p>\n

      isn\u2019t only changing\u2026<\/p>\n

      It\u2019s changing\u2026<\/p>\n

      how\u2026<\/p>\n

      it changes.<\/p>\n

      About the Song
      \nEmerging coupled feedback interactions exemplify nonlinear amplification: a modest initial perturbation can propagate through multiple coupled systems, producing a response much larger than the original forcing\u2014a climate-scale manifestation of the Butterfly Effect. Rather than operating independently, feedbacks interact as an interconnected network in which biological, atmospheric, oceanic, cryospheric, and ecological processes reinforce one another. This networked behavior is one reason Earth-system responses become increasingly difficult to predict using traditional linear cause-and-effect thinking.<\/p>\n

      Unlike traditional climate feedbacks, which are often described individually, coupled feedback interactions arise when one feedback activates, strengthens, or synchronizes with others, producing cascading amplification throughout the Earth system. These interactions create emergent behavior that cannot be understood by examining any single process in isolation.<\/p>\n

      Climate change is more than a gradual increase in global temperature. It is the evolution of an increasingly interconnected Earth system whose components continuously exchange thermal energy, moisture, carbon, and momentum through a growing network of coupled feedbacks.<\/p>\n

      The possibility that the acceleration of climate change may itself accelerate represents one of the most consequential hypotheses in modern climate science. If correct, future climate change will depend not only on greenhouse gas emissions but also on how rapidly feedbacks become interconnected and how efficiently they amplify one another.<\/p>\n

      Determining the limits of this amplification\u2014including the upper bounds of radiative forcing, ocean heat content, and equilibrium warming\u2014will require integrating chaos theory, nonlinear dynamics, thermodynamics, and Earth-system science into the next generation of climate models. Understanding these interactions may prove essential for anticipating future climate trajectories and the societal, ecological, and economic thresholds they may cross.<\/p>\n

      Beavers and Beetles<\/h2>\n

      [Intro]
      \nTiny builders\u2026
      \n(Tiny borers\u2026)
      \nChanging landscapes\u2026
      \n(Open mouth gapes)<\/p>\n

      [Refrain]
      \nBeetles and beavers
      \n(Climate feedback deceivers)
      \nBeavers and beetles
      \n(Disruptive peoples)<\/p>\n

      [Verse 1]
      \nFarther north the varmints roam
      \nMaking frozen lands their home
      \nBuilding damns across the streams
      \nChanging more than natural scenes<\/p>\n

      [Chorus]
      \nBeavers and beetles
      \n(Changing the land)
      \nFollowing warmth
      \n(Not anyone\u2019s plan)<\/p>\n

      [Refrain]
      \nBeetles and beavers
      \n(Climate feedback deceivers)
      \nBeavers and beetles
      \n(Caused by disruptive peoples)<\/p>\n

      [Verse 2]
      \nWinter\u2019s cold once kept them small
      \nNow it hardly comes at all
      \nBark beetles wake another spring
      \nLeaving forests suffering<\/p>\n

      Pines grow silent one by one
      \nStanding dead beneath the sun
      \nFire finds an easier way
      \nBurning hotter every day<\/p>\n

      [Bridge]
      \nNot because
      \n(They choose to be)
      \nThey\u2019re simply following
      \n(Ecology)<\/p>\n

      Life adapts
      \n(To changing ground)
      \nUnexpected
      \n(Links are found)<\/p>\n

      [Breakdown]
      \nThe varmint\u2026<\/p>\n

      isn\u2019t causing climate change.
      \n(Become a believer)<\/p>\n

      The pest\u2026<\/p>\n

      isn\u2019t causing climate change.<\/p>\n

      They are\u2026<\/p>\n

      responding to what we rearrange.<\/p>\n

      And their responses\u2026<\/p>\n

      change the system\u2026
      \n(I am in)<\/p>\n

      [Final Chorus]
      \nBeetles and beavers
      \n(Climate feedback deceivers)
      \nBeavers and beetles
      \n(Disruptive peoples)<\/p>\n

      Northward moving
      \n(Building more)
      \nOpening yet
      \n(Another door)<\/p>\n

      Small beginnings
      \n(Big surprise)
      \nChanging Earth
      \n(Before our eyes)<\/p>\n

      Working together\u2026<\/p>\n

      Without ever\u2026<\/p>\n

      Meeting each other.<\/p>\n

      [Outro]
      \nVarmints and pests
      \n(\u2026 never rests)
      \nPests and varmints
      \n(Human experiments)<\/p>\n

      About the Song
      \n\ud83e\uddab Arctic Beaver Expansion
      \n\ud83e\udeb2 Boreal Forest Beetles<\/p>\n

      Beaver Expansion in the Arctic<\/h2>\n

      As northern regions warm:<\/p>\n