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Thanks to Brianna Wessling and The Robot Report for taking the time to highlight our work! Technology can play a key role in addressing our wildfire crisis in the West by improving safety and productivity in forest management operations. Read more about how our teleoperation platform does that below. 🚜 🌲  


In case you missed it: recently, RMI's Applied Innovation Roadmap for Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) reviewed the technical readiness of all known CDR approaches. 
 
The findings around biomass CDR were that storing carbon in living biomass (e.g. healthy forests) and timber building products (e.g. making structures out of wood) are technically viable CDR solutions ready to scale.
 
What may be more surprising is RMI found biomass direct storage (e.g. wood vaults) as the CDR technology solution with lowest ‘critical path’ cost for near-term CDR solutions, by an order of magnitude. 

Access the report and learn about CDR approaches below! ⬇ 

(disclaimer: Kodama contributed to review on the roadmap)


We're back with another forest fact!

Forests and trees are connected in ways that most humans would never imagine. As you stroll through a serene old growth forest, it is easy to appreciate the melodies of birds, aroma of fresh dew and infinite hews of green. However, one of the more spectacular aspects of forests lies out of sight.

Under the fruiting bodies that we associate with “fungi” is an interconnected web; the mycorrhizal network. This network is made up of mycelium; tiny threads of fungi that account for the majority of the organism and tap into surrounding tree roots. This living network of mycelium allows trees to communicate with one another and share vital resources such as water, nitrogen, and carbon - a great example of a symbiotic relationship. Trees can transfer sugar and other nutrients to sun deprived little brethren, while mycelia are able to guarantee themselves a consistent supply of carbon and take about 30% of sugar that is transferred through the network as a form of “payment”. 🍄 🌲 🔁 

You can learn more here:

We hope everyone enjoyed their holidays! 

ICYMI: We're looking to grow our team! Get in touch if you want to work on cutting-edge technology outdoors, mitigate wildfires, and restore forests for future generations. Newly posted positions include:

1) Hardware Engineer to own electro-mechanical systems of our connectivity products and autonomous machines 🔧and

2) Field Manager to coordinate our forest operations and work alongside project partners 📋 

Visit our careers page for more info ⬇ 

Looking for some light reading during the holidays? Read about federal forest management contracts! 📑

Kudos 👏 to Martha Cosgrove for compiling this short overview and shining the spotlight on these key agreements for restoration treatments, sustainable timber harvests, and more.


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