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#cropland — Public Fediverse posts

Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #cropland, aggregated by home.social.

  1. 🌱 #EvoLand C5 candidate prototype develops high-resolution Gross Primary Productivity data (10-daily, 10 m) for #grassland and #cropland across Europe.

    🌡️ A key improvement is the refined drought and temperature stress component, which better captures the impact of extreme weather on vegetation productivity.

    🌐 Explore our website and see how to connect with the Results Portal and uncover more about C5 evo-land.eu/results-portal/

    @EU_HaDEA @EU_ENV @DLR @cnes

  2. "Fertilizers that shed #microplastics are increasingly spreading on America’s #cropland, research shows, raising new worry about the soil contamination and safety of the US food supply.

    There are many types of slow release fertilizers, including those that are encapsulated with biodegradable materials, Salehi said. However, the plastic versions work well so the industry for now seems to be sticking with them, she added."

    theguardian.com/us-news/2025/m

  3. #Agriculture is a key driver of #landuse change and terrestrial #carbon & biodiversity loss. But its environment #footprint can be reduced by sustained #productivity growth: Globally, historic crop improvement (1961-2015) resulted net in less #cropland expansion, lower GHG #emissions, and more plant & animal species being saved from extinction (plus the higher #yields generally lowered commodity prices of staple crops): doi.org/10.1073/pnas.240483912 #biodiversity #foodsecurity

  4. The #genocide committed by #Israel in #Gaza continues.

    Here's what "Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part" means, there:

    • 1.9 million people displaced, 90% of the population

    • 84% of Gaza now under evacuation orders

    • 745,000 people facing emergency levels of food insecurity, including 495,000 facing an extreme lack (#famine).

    • 995,000 people suffering from acute #respiratory #infections, 577,000 with acute watery diarrhea

    • 20 out of 36 #hospitals out of service

    • 21 more military strikes against schools that serve as shelters, since July 1st; as of today, 85% of all school buildings directly hit or damaged

    • 485 #health workers killed, with a further 283 #aid workers

    • 65% of the road network damaged

    • In August, one third of all humanitarian #missions applied for from Israel have been declined, so far

    • 66% of all #cropland and 33% of the #greenhouse area are damaged, 60-70% of all #livestock has been killed or prematurely slaughtered

    This is what you get when a single nation like the #US has the power to protect the openly genocidal government of #Israel under #Netanyahu from any consequences.

    You might consider donating to #UNICEF, to save toddlers and kids in #Gaza, rather than seeing your hard-earned money burned for video clips in support of #KamalaHarris - who nodded through another $20 billion weapons package for Israel, only days ago.

    help.unicef.org/ob/donate-to-c

    ochaopt.org/content/reported-i
    ochaopt.org/content/humanitari

    wikiless.org/wiki/Genocide_Con

  5. The #genocide committed by #Israel in #Gaza seems to be "unreal" and abstract for many.

    Here's what "Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part" means, there:

    • 1.9 million people displaced, 90% of the population

    • 745,000 people facing emergency levels of food insecurity, including 495,000 facing an extreme lack (#famine).

    • 995,000 people suffering from acute #respiratory #infections, 577,000 with acute watery diarrhea

    • 20 out of 36 #hospitals out of service

    • 485 #health workers killed, with a further 283 #aid workers

    • 65% of the road network damaged

    • In July, 30% of all humanitarian #missions applied for from Israel have been declined, or blocked or delayed on the ground

    • 66% of all #cropland and 33% of the #greenhouse area are damaged, 60-70% of all #livestock has been killed or prematurely slaughtered

    This is what you get when a single nation like the #US has the power to protect the openly genocidal government of #Israel under #Netanyahu from any consequences.

    You might consider donating to #UNICEF, to save toddlers and kids in #Gaza, rather than seeing your hard-earned money burned for video clips in support of #KamalaHarris.

    help.unicef.org/ob/donate-to-c

    ochaopt.org/content/reported-i

    wikiless.org/wiki/Genocide_Con

  6. While feral domesticated cats are a big problem in a lot of places (including NYC) and need vigorous #TNVR / #TNR or relocation, #WildFelines need to be protected!

    In #Brazil, #conservationists try to save one of the world’s most #endangered #cats

    by Sarah Brown on 13 June 2024

    via @mongabay

    "- #Muñoa’s #Pampas cat, a small wild feline, is endemic to the Pampas grasslands that sprawl over southern Brazil, #Uruguay and northeastern #Argentina.

    "- With fewer than 100 individuals left in the wild, experts call Muñoa’s pampas cat one of the most endangered felines in the world and warn it go extinct within 10 years as its natural habitat is cleared for #cropland.

    - #Conservation plans to save the species include switching from #monocultures to extensive ranching that preserves the natural #grasslands, creating a #captivebreeding program, and developing a trinational conservation agreement.

    "- Recent #floods in the Brazilian state of #RioGrandeDoSul, where many Muñoa’s Pampas cat sightings have been recorded, have currently halted all local #conservation efforts, putting the future of this feline at risk."

    Read more:
    news.mongabay.com/2024/06/in-b

    #EndangeredSpecies #SouthAmerica #ConservationEfforts #Biodiversity