The forest is a lot more than a scenic backdrop.

Coming up, Zach St. George reminds us that tree species have their own personalities

and some are trying to migrate to escape the effects of climate change and us.

This kind of background thing is actually as dynamic and capable of movement as we are.

Modernization is changing the look of Asia from the far east to the stands.

Kevin Kelly tells us how he organized a massive multi-year project to document

what's changing as traditions disappear.

There was development happening right before my eyes or I would come by and see a rice patty

and then come by a couple of weeks later and there'd be a factory there.

And Seth Cantor tells us what's reassuring about the seasons in Arctic Alaska where he lives,

where a changing climate has had a head start.

The sun never sets and the amount of wildflowers is shocking.

It's just ahead on today's Earth Day edition of Travel with Rick Steves. Come along.

His futuristic view of what the internet would become

informed his work at the Whole Earth Catalog and Wired magazine.

But before all that, Kevin Kelly started a massive project

inviting people to photograph the changes that were happening all over Asia.

He tells us about his nearly 50-year-old vanishing Asia project in just a bit.

And Seth Cantor tells us why he loves living in cut-sibule Alaska

just north of the Arctic Circle and above the tree line.

But let's start today's Travel with Rick Steves

with a look at how different species of trees are changing,

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