> [!summary] Progressive Summary # Structured Notes ## Definitions ## Chapter Summaries ### Prologue The book covers the scots pine in Scotland, birch in Scandinavia, larch in Siberia, spruce in Alaska, poplar in Canada and rowan in Greenland. These species form the boreal tree line, the toughest trees that are able to survive where no other trees could. > They are uniquely adapted to climate change. They have been riding the tides of ice for millenia. > When humans are only fossils, it is these hardy northern species that will still be standing tall. # Quotes