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Really proud of this paper coming out today in science, of which the last author is one of my colleagues. He had started thinking about this 15 years ago : one could suppose that the warming climate could lengthen the growing season for trees, and therefore increase their carbon uptake. The colleagues were however able to show that the warming climate has a negative impact on the growth rate of trees, which largely offsets the benefit of longer growing season on future forest carbon storage.
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aec8866
#Forests #ForestCarbonStorage #CarbonSink #ClimateChange #AcademicChatter #Science -
RE: https://scicomm.xyz/@mustapipa/117137230074004940
If economics can be said to speak, it needs to shout LOUDLY about proper green regeneration (rather than plant-a-tree make-work): “Scientists found that natural #forest regeneration delivered substantial carbon and #biodiversity benefits and could be up to 96% cheaper than traditional tree-planting programs.” 🌳🌲🌴🎄
Fabulous news - thanks so much for sharing! 😀🙏🏻
#regeneration #forestRegeneration #costBenefit #carbonSink #RoI
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"Land management categories should be disaggregated in emissions reporting and targets".
"Targets should acknowledge the need for Geological Net Zero, meaning one tonne of CO₂ permanenty restored to the solid Earth from every tonne still generated from fossil sources."
"By adding to cumulative emissions, any entity, country or corporation adds to the total passive carbon sink that needs protection for the foreseeable future."Allen et al. (2024). https://rdcu.be/d9Rnm
#accounting #accountability #accountancy #fossilFuels #climateChange #carbon #carbonSinks #carbonSink #footprint #targets
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"Earth’s forests reached a tipping point. They had grown dense, lush canopies at the start of one of Earth’s most intense episodes of greenhouse warming. But those canopies began to thin."
"The structure of a forest – and importantly its canopy – controls the amount of light that reaches the forest floor, the temperature, water habitat and amount of carbon the forest can store, making it one of the clearest indicators of ecosystem function."
"Forest canopies opened, exposing the ground to more sunlight and altering the movement of water through the landscape."
"As temperatures climbed, heat and drought overwhelmed the benefits of higher carbon dioxide levels. The canopy rapidly thinned as trees died, and it remained much thinner for over 100,000 years."
"Ancient soils gave way to coarser river deposits".Regan E. Dunn writes: https://theconversation.com/ancient-forests-took-100-000-years-to-recover-from-the-last-global-warming-period-similar-to-today-wyoming-fossils-reveal-what-happened-289462
#forests #ecology #climateChange #degradation #droughts #deforestation #forest #carbon #carbonSinks #carbonSink #footprint #soil
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"The authors report that the occurrence of extensive deforestation in tandem with climate change will cause the remaining rainforest to lose resilience at global-warming levels of or slightly higher than 1.5 °C — rather than 4 °C — above pre-industrial levels".
Wunderling, N., Sakschewski, B., Rockström, J. et al. "Deforestation-induced drying lowers Amazon climate threshold." (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-026-10456-0
#droughts #deforestation #landGrab #landUse #landUseChange #forests #forest #carbon #carbonSinks #carbonSink #footprint #Brazil #beef #cattle #Amazon #Amazonia #climateChange
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#FlashbackFriday 2019.
Big Lonely Doug - one of the biggest #DouglasFir #trees in the world. Found along the Pacific Circle Route, between #PortRenfrew & Lake #Cowichan - in the Gordon River valley range. It's surrounded by clearcuts. You can't miss seeing it because it stands out, amongst the ecocide.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Lonely_Doug
#StopDeforestation #SaveOldGrowth #ProtectOldGrowth #BCForestryReform #PacheedahtTerritory #VancouverIsland #photography #VanIsle #Cascadia #Fir #ElderTrees #PacificNorthwest #PNW #TreeLovers #TreeHugger #CarbonSink #Ecological #Climate #Environmental #biodiversity #nature #WorthMoreStanding #BritishColumbia #Canada #Degrowth #StopEcocide
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My #PhotoArt tribute to #BigLonelyDoug - one of the biggest #DouglasFir #trees in the world.
Learn more about this lonely #OldGrowth tree:
"It has the third highest tree score and third widest diameter of any known Douglas-fir in Canada, following the Red Creek Fir in the nearby San Juan Valley and the Bonin Giant in the Coquitlam River watershed in British Columbia's Lower Mainland"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Lonely_Doug#SaveOldGrowth #WorthMoreStanding #BCForestryReform #ProtectForests #StopDeforestation #StopEcocide #PortRenfrew #Pacheedaht #Dididaht #TreeLovers #fir #EarthNeedsGuardians #nature #CarbonSink #Climate #BanCorporateLobbyists #StopCorporateWelfare #BCpoli #BCNDP #BCNewDeathParty #CapitalismKillsEverything #Environmentalist #PhotoEdit #VisualArt #ThickTrunkTuesday
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#ThickTrunkTuesday
Gnarly #OldGrowth #GarryOak tree.
I see a wise face on this ancient, majestic garry oak 🙂#AncientTree #ElderTree #Wsanec #Saanich #VancouverIsland #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #VanIsle #VictoriaBC #YYJ #PNW #TreeLovers #TreeHugger #Trees #Nature #SaveOldGrowth #CarbonSink
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My friend, Jane, from Lake Cowichan, was the first senior citizen activist who was arrested in 2021, at Fairy Creek Blockades. She messaged before heading out to meet up with me at HQ camp. She told me she's never been arrested for protesting anything before but due to seeing too much ecocide still happening in her golden years - declared, 'Getting arrested for protecting Mother Nature is now on my bucket list"🌲💦 💗🦅🌲🦉🌲 Jane stayed at HQ camp for 2 nights & on her 3rd day, headed out to chain herself/walker to a tripod hardblock. Jane was arrested, along with 12 others that day, after several hours. Jane is a wonderful human being, a musician, a fibers artist, a Mother & Grandmother, who loves nature very much.
#RadicalSeniors #AwesomeElders #ClimateAction #Activists #AsianMastodon #AncientForestDefenders #BritishColumbia #StopDeforestation #StopEcocide #blockade #FairyCreekBlockade #SaveOldGrowth #WorthMoreStanding #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #OneEarth #TreesOverGreed #PNW #StandEarth #EcoJustice #AbolishRCMPCIRG #BCpoli #BCNDP #BCForestryReform #environmentalists #ecological #ClimateChange #CarbonSink #BCOldGrowth #ProtectTrees #SilentSunday #Cascadia #RadicalSeniorCitizens #DirectAction #Resistance
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It should be criminal to kill trees that are older than man-made cathedrals. The man-made cathedrals still get more protection status than ancient trees that are older than mankind. That is so very foolhardy & myopic of man.
#OldGrowthCedar #AncientCedar #ElderTree #YellowCedar #ClimateAction #Activists #AsianMastodon #ForestDefender #BritishColumbia #StopDeforestation #StopEcocide #SaveOldGrowth #WorthMoreStanding #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #OneEarth #TreesOverGreed #PNW #StandEarth #EcoJustice #AbolishRCMPCIRG #BCpoli #BCNDP #BCForestryReform #Landback #environmentalist #ecological #ClimateChange #CarbonSink #BCOldGrowth #Trees #SilentSunday
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#NatureRestorationLawEU [snd]
Is it not strange...
that in the Dutch media the law is generally called "The NatureLaw"
and in the international (Eng Language) media is called by the actual name: "The Nature Restoration Law" ?
I suppose it has to do with Dutch framing by said media and politics. Given the recent conflict between 'Nature' vs 'Nitrogen' which has the country in virtual lockdown. (Housing, Roads and more prohibited because cattle farmers won't change their evil ways in a overcrowded country)The law was PASSED yesterday, all be it by the skin of it's teeth, by the European Parlaiment and is now law in the European Union.
Some may (justifiably) say the law has been watered down to the bare minimum. They might be right in a to little too late kind of way.
But I like to see it in a non-defeatist kind of way:
It still is a MASSIVE WIN in providing #Nature and #Climate with a strong #LegalBase !It promotes Nature as a #CarbonSink, combats #SoilDegradation and #SoilExploitation by #BigFarming, promotes #Diversity, it forces BigFarming to think of a better way of producing (change ! and of course BigFarming demand EU support as is their addiction).
In other words... this law forces a negotiation on the premise of nature, where BigFarming was used to get their way (and huge subsidies).
Farm Land -> Grazing Land -> Barren Land. Look for examples in Spain, Greece and Africa."EU lawmakers narrowly pass 'nature restoration bill' | DW News"
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Is it not strange...
that in the Dutch media the law is generally called "The NatureLaw"
and in the international (Eng Language) media is called by the actual name: "The Nature Restoration Law" ?
I suppose it has to do with Dutch framing by said media and politics. Given the recent conflict between 'Nature' vs 'Nitrogen' which has the country in virtual lock down. (Housing, Roads and more prohibited because cattle farmers won't change their evil ways in an overcrowded country)The law was PASSED yesterday, all be it by the skin of it's teeth, by the European Parliament and is now law in the European Union.
Some may (justifiably) say the law has been watered down to the bare minimum. They might be right in a to little too late kind of way.
But I like to see it in a non-defeatist kind of way:
It still is a MASSIVE WIN in providing #Nature and #Climate with a strong #LegalBase !It promotes Nature as a #CarbonSink, combats #SoilDegradation and #SoilExploitation by #BigFarming, promotes #Diversity, it forces BigFarming to think of a better way of producing (change ! and of course BigFarming demand EU support as is their addiction).
In other words... this law forces a negotiation on the premise of nature, where BigFarming was used to get their way (and huge subsidies).
Farm Land -> Grazing Land -> Barren Land. Look for examples in Spain, Greece and Africa."EU lawmakers narrowly pass 'nature restoration bill' | DW News"
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#ForestFriday
Grandfather #ElderTree is #WorthMoreStanding 🌲🦅❤#SaveOldGrowth #LastStandForForests #WorthMoreStanding #OldGrowth #StopEcocide #StopClearcuts #ForestDefender #Grogu #StopDeforestation #SaveAncientForests #CarbonSink #ClimateChange #vanisle #VancouverIsland #PNW #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #BritishColumbia #Canada #BCNDP #NewDeathParty #GreedKillsNature #Conservation #ecology #biodiversity #ecosystems #environmental #ProtectForests #TreesOverGreed #StopKillingTrees