#borealforest — Public Fediverse posts

In a nutshell...
#abpoli #cdnpoli #oil #gas #refinery #climatechange #borealforest #CarbonSink #NoToFossilFuels
https://bsky.app/profile/karenatsharon.bsky.social/post/3mrgj5dt7yk2j

"We urgently need to decrease our #fossilfuel use if we don't want this to get worse year on year.” https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/wildfires-climate-change-nwt-9.7299561

#climateBreakdown #cdnpoli #nwt #borealForest #renewableenergy

"The science backs up what people on the front lines already know: humanity's addiction to burning massive amounts of #coal, #oil and #gas is heating our planet, turning more of #Canada's vast #forests into tinderboxes, and spreading dangerous smoke far beyond the flames." https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/wwa-study-climate-change-wildfires-9.7297131

#BorealForest #ClimateBreakdown #wildfires #drought #BigOil #ClimateCriminals

Industrial development is fragmenting Canada’s boreal forest. Governments should think carefully about future approvals
#Canada #BorealForest #Environment #Wildlife #Peatlands #Biodiversity #Mining #OilAndGas #Forests #Wetlands #Caribou #NaturalResources
https://the-14.com/industrial-development-is-fragmenting-canadas-boreal-forest-governments-should-think-carefully-about-future-approvals/

Canada's boreal forest is an ecological treasure of inestimable value. It is also all too easy to forget.

#Canada #ClimateChange #BorealForest #wildfires #Deforestation

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boreal_forest_of_Canada

Up until approximately a decade ago, most boreal forest lightening strikes fell on damp ground, usually from recent snow melt. Climate change has turned the upper half of North America into a giant tinder box.

#ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #BorealForest #snowmelt

#SilentSunday #BorealForest #CanadianShield

Finally got through the 2nd day of the week for iNaturalist observations. I still have over 3,000 photos to process.

This number will change, of course, as identifiers catch up. But as of now, I added 46 new-to-me species during the week!

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?project_id=294140&ttl=900&place_id=any&verifiable=any&user_id=18668&hrank=species&view=species

#Maine #BeeCourse #Bees #BeeID #BorealForest #iNaturalist

I'm back!
21 new-to-me species for my life list so far. I haven't even finished processing last Monday's photos, yet.

https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/2026-eagle-hill-bee-course

#Maine #EagleHill #BeeCourse #Bees #BeeID #BorealForest

@webframp @futurebird
I'm back!
21 new-to-me species for my life list so far. I haven't even finished processing last Monday's photos, yet.

https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/2026-eagle-hill-bee-course

#Maine #BeeCourse #Bees #BeeID #BorealForest

2 Same plant I forgot to name : Clematis occidentalis Western (Blue) Clematis wild in the woods on the farm. In one shot you can see my tripod and a little bag I carry a lens in.
#nature #BorealForest #Alberta #Canada #wildflowers #NativePlants #GetOutside #GoOutsideForMe #SlowWalks

1 This plant is only 20-30m from the edge of my acreage (on my cousin's farm) I only noticed it for the first time last year- my first time seeing the species nearby. I'd thought flowering was later and hadn't checked it, but decided to look on my last day to take pics for the #AlbertaMayPlantCount To my disappointment the flowers were past peak but on the + side a lot more flowers than last year :)
#wildflowers #BloomScrolling #Alberta #nature #photography #BorealForest #Florespondence

#Dogsofmastodon #LateSpring #BorealForest

A comparison between primary (unlogged) and managed forest plots in Sweden found that the primary forests stored 72% more carbon than the managed forests. Most of the differential is soil carbon. This is 2.7 to 8 times larger than previously thought.

Summary: https://bigthink.com/science-tech/the-real-cost-of-logging-the-boreal-forest-may-be-buried-in-the-soil/

Original paper (not open access): https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adz8554

#Science #CarbonSequestration #Forests #BorealForest

2- this view shows how tricky it is to see the plants at this time of year-- each arrow shows a plant, and no guarantee I got all of them!
#wildflowers #nature #BloomScrolling #BorealForest #Alberta #Canada #photography

Another of the first few wildflowers: Viola adunca Early Blue Violet.
It's very common here, quite adaptable but generally in woodland edge/clearings, but I had to hunt around in a number of prominent colonies to find some plants flowering- on the sunny south edge of mixed woods, in quite a sheltered area. They will open many many more flowers over weeks and the plants will get quite a bit larger
#wildflowers #nature #BloomScrolling #BorealForest #Alberta #Canada #photography

For centuries the North has beckoned the #adventurers , #explorers , escape artists, #activists, and everybody in-between. Now a #Buddhist monk. We get them all in the North! https://cabinradio.ca/289640/news/yellowknife/meet-the-monk-camping-along-yellowknifes-ingraham-trail/

#NWT #SubArctic #BorealForest #CanadianShield

2 At first, just hearing them, I thought it was woodpeckers, but they were sounding not quite right + they were staying high up in the trees (Pileated Woodpeckers spend a lot of time on the lower parts of trees) + I caught a glimpse of undersides as they flew + was seeing some reddish brown, not right for Pileated Woodpeckers. This view of the area where I saw them shows you how easy it is to *not* see birds you know very well are there..lol
#birds #BorealForest #nature #Canada

This is crazy! But so is the #mining world as it lusts for #criticalMinerals. https://cabinradio.ca/288007/news/yellowknife/can-these-companies-open-two-nwt-mines-on-top-of-each-other/

#NWT #SubArctic #BorealForest #Canada

Vanhassa vara parempi! 🤗

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adz8554

#metsä #forest #hiili #carbon #carbonSink #luonto #nature #borealForest #sweden #hiilensidonta #hiilidioksidi #vanhatmetsat

Wishing all a happy and blessed season ahead (yesterday was Spring Equinox in the Northern Hemisphere, Autumn in the South). We had some springy weather earlier in the week (to at least 59C/60F) but the day itself rolled in just a few degrees above freezing (just a little below average) with some pretty fog. Rain and snow overnight and that looks about the same for the week ahead #spring #winter #sprinter #Alberta #Canada #nature #GetOutside #BorealForest

This is a really beautiful video production, as well as being very interesting in its subject: Long term satellite records confirm the #borealForest has moved north by 23 km since 1985. It's a net gain of trees, which could be helpful for #carbon sequestration #biodiversity #climateChange https://nasa-ext.app.box.com/s/zp3qyzdgsi0xfqrcnctph5117f0s3sy1

My immediate area is Mixed Wood Boreal Forest, transitioning to Aspen Parkland to the east +Foothills biome to the west. We have mainly Aspen + Balsam Poplar, White + Black Spruce, Tamarack Birch + Willow with very scattered Pine. I start to see Pine on the drive west to work in #RockyMountainHouse,
Most of them are in spots that for some reason I struggle to get decent photos of..lol Here some are highlighted in the centre of the photo
#Alberta #BorealForest #trees #commute #landscape

Snowshoe #Hares can be common here, though I think we've been in a low point in their population cycle the last couple of years. Even when abundant they are elusive, so it's always a treat to see one + get pictures/video.
This one popped out when I was in a willow thicket photographing catkins. Special visitor sent by #GreatMother for #MayDay ? pics + YouTube link, #Spectra to follow
https://youtube.com/shorts/l3XcAN6s92o?feature=share
#nature #photography #Alberta #Canada #BorealForest #wildlife #pagan #Goddess #animist

#SnowMother #Blessing
#Spring #snow? Maybe kinda but really early March is still winter here. After warm and dry weather for a while, we had fresh snow Monday- not cold, just near average- a little above freezing daytime, colder nights. The moisture is important for soil, trees, wetland recharging etc.
Short video, YouTube link; Spectra to follow.
#winter #pagan #Alberta #Canada #BorealForest #GetOutside #GoOutsideForMe #nature #WednesdayWoodland
https://youtube.com/shorts/3Piet6paG-8?feature=share

Still colour to be found- if you are looking! #LeafMother brought my attention to this #aspen #leaf on the ground, among many others, most of which have faded to dull earthy tones. I picked it up and placed it on a fallen balsam poplar trunk to photograph. #SolaceInNature #autumn #winter #BorealForest #animist #pagan #nature #photography #GetOutside

4-Several views from last week, the first couple of days after #SnowMother delivered #winter to us (not a lot, but it has not melted everywhere, and with some more likely tonight, we'll probably have snow in spots till spring). #Alberta #nature #garden #ShareYourWeather #GoOutsideForMe I'll give each its own post so they have space to breathe.. #photography
this image: looking toward a couple of #WoodlandGarden beds with wild native #trees among and around #BorealForest

There are numerous Ribes species- currants and gooseberries- here. All are attractive from their very early foliage, early flowers, mid season fruit in various colours and flavours and great fall colour, from pale in shade to blazing in sun.This one is growing on the edge of a wetland on the farm.
#ribes #currants #NativePlants #nature #BorealForest #Autumn #Alberta

#ArtAdventCalendar Day 11 #LeafMother has left some colour from Autumn (months ago!) hanging bright against the #snow with a drop of frozen #rain and inscribed with cryptic insect prayers to the #GreatMother #Goddess! and Day 12 #Saule #Sun is nearly at the maximum of her turn to the south, yet her rays still brighten #Winter days, even if the warmth is mostly in our hearts! #Alberta #December #BorealForest #WinterPictures #CountryLiving #animist #Latvian

A #SlowWalk for #SevenOnSunday (unlike a hike, a slow walk is not about going someplace, it is about
#being someplace -of course hikes *can* do this too).
Colours just starting to tip over into #autumn #LeafMother starts with the understory, forbs and shrubs and begins to dull the greens in preparation for the over the top displays to come.
#landscape #NativePlants #GetOutside #SolaceInNature #mindfulness #pagan #animist #Latvian #Alberta #BorealForest #AutumnColour #FallColor
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#LapuMate /#LeafMother has left us and #SniegaMate #SnowMother is here! Views this #evening while checking mail! around 25cm of #snow today, more light stuff after that, and 4 more chances for snow this week; it was up to 24C on Oct 18, nights several deg below freezing; now, ups and downs, but -18C tonight andafter Friday above 0, we have several *days* in the mid minus teens C- not much colder at night though, as cloudy/snowy #Alberta #BorealForest #Latvian #pagan #ShareYourWeather #Winter