#ecosystems — Public Fediverse posts

@dnc
I knew the #wine is hurt by the #ClimateCrisis, but to add #cheese where the climate crisis hits? This is starting to look serious.

More seriously, the impact of the climate crisis on all food supplies is horrific. Everything from floods to droughts, and early heat followed by extreme cold, create problems for most agricultural activities. Add the impact of increasing CO2 on plant physiology, where nutrient content is adversely affected, and we have a nutritional crisis developing.

Bachman–Turner Overdrive had a relevant comment: You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet

#agricultureandfarming #challenges #ecosystems

@Garrulax Tagging for #SolarPunkSunday !

#Rewilding #RewildingPeople #HumanRewilding #SpendTimeInNature #Ecosystems #EcologicalRestoration

The cost of #AI is too high! https://unu.edu/inweh/collection/environmental-cost-of-AIs-Enrgy-Use-Carbon-water-and-land-footprints

#water #waterisLife #emissions #energy #democracy #environment #ecosystems #BigTech #NoMoreBillionaires

Fog desert (Deserts 🏜️)

A fog desert is a type of desert where fog drip supplies the majority of moisture needed by animal and plant life. Examples of fog deserts include the Atacama Desert of coastal Chile and Peru; the Baja California desert of Mexico; the Namib Desert in Namibia; the Arabian Peninsula coastal fog desert; and a manmade instance within Biosphere 2, an artificial closed ecosphere in Ari...

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

#FogDesert #Fog #Deserts #Habitats #Ecosystems

Finally! Some sense to be registered in the US of A.
#PublicHealthConcern #biodiversity #agriculture #ecosystems #glyphosate

https://phys.org/news/2026-08-bipartisan-majorities-favor-glyphosate.html

"Some groups are calling for improved enforcement to protect #speciesatrisk in #Alberta after Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) halted an investigation due to a lack of resources." https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/fisheries-and-oceans-canada-investigations-species-at-risk-9.7310439?__vfz=medium%3Dsharebar

#cdnpoli #ecosystems #biodiversity #environment #abpoli

#Blues 🙏 @[email protected]

Is there actually anything that Trump isn’t ruining?

#Education, #history, #democracy, and #jobs;
#people, #animals, #nature, #health,
international (formerly good) #relations,
the White House, entire #ecosystems, #landscapes,
national #parks, ...

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RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:o6tn5qlfgilxlhihzsedlnuj/post/3mtjqd3xff22l

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: 🧮🐙 Food webs have resisted easy mapping because traditional #ecology depends on physically collecting species.

Researchers Naoto Ishikawa and Ettore Barbieri teamed up, pairing #predators two at a time and using Bayes’ theorem to calculate likely meals. Tested against 158 documented #ecosystems, their #algorithm rebuilt invisible #foodwebs with more than 80% accuracy.

👉 https://phys.org/news/2026-08-mathematical-tool-uncover-nature.html

#oceans #marine #biology #marinebiology #math #conservation #science #prey #japan

🐝 Why Are Bees So Important? The Tiny Pollinators Behind Our Food and Ecosystems

https://curiositysphereblog.wordpress.com/2026/08/20/why-are-bees-so-important/

If you’re in Canada or the US, you have just a few hours left to enter the draw to win one of three copies of my new novel. If you’re interested in #ecology, #ethics, #ecosystems or environmental solutions, this book is for you. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/255448359-rail #BookGiveaway #ScribesAndMakers #WritersCoffeeClub

We need to change our views on embedded wildlife in cities.
#biodiversity #ecosystems #cities #wildlife

https://phys.org/news/2026-08-cities-wildlife-people.html

Thawing permafrost is affecting fish health – Sciworthy

Temperatures in the Arctic are increasing at a rate 4 times faster than the average global temperature. Scientists…
#NewsBeep #News #Science #Arcticecosystems #Arcticpermafrost #CA #Canada #climatechange #Ecosystems #Fish #globallwarming #Permafrost #scicomm #Sciencenews #thawing
https://www.newsbeep.com/ca/863768/

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/aug/18/england-ancient-oak-trees-dying-extreme-hot-dry-weather. "England’s ancient #oak #trees are dying in the summer’s extreme #heat & #dry #weather, according to the Woodland Trust, with trees & #ecosystems unable to adapt fast enough to the changing #climate."

Marine heat waves are cooking our ocean ecosystems—and will only become more common https://phys.org/news/2026-08-marine-cooking-ocean-ecosystems-common.html

#ocean #marine #ecosystem #ecosystems #environment #weather #temperature #heat #heatwave

Giant crocodylians dominated the Miocene South American food chain

Reconstruction of Purussarus neivensis attacking Pericotoxodon platignathus. Credit Miguel Hernandez A peer-reviewed study led by researchers at the University of Helsinki reveals that giant crocodylians, rather than mammalian carnivores, ser…
#dining #cooking #diet #food #Food #AnimalHealth #Ecosystems #HistoricalStudies
https://www.diningandcooking.com/2774153/giant-crocodylians-dominated-the-miocene-south-american-food-chain/

Giant crocodylians dominated the Miocene South American food chain https://www.diningandcooking.com/2774153/giant-crocodylians-dominated-the-miocene-south-american-food-chain/ #AnimalHealth #Ecosystems #food #HistoricalStudies

So many #layers of #clouds mingling creating life on #earth #water #ecosystems are for everyone #photography to raise awareness

📰 Butterflies Are Relocating Rapidly as the Planet Warms

🌍 Earth: A global analysis of **1,758 species across 105 countries** shows butterflies are relocating at remarkable scale, expanding, contracting, and climbing to new elevations as climate pressure intensifies.

🦋 Tropical species are surging into new territories, while many temperate species are losing ground to agriculture and habitat disturbance.

📈 Roughly 1 in 10 of the world’s 19,000 species now appear in places they weren’t historically found, a signal of profound ecological change.

🔗 https://www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2026/08/as-the-world-warms-butterflies-are-relocating-at-an-astonishing-scale

#InsectSaturday #Biodiversity #ClimateChange #Conservation #Ecosystems #Pollinators #Butterflies

#Biocultural families: Study centers #Indigenous priorities in connections to #environment

by Seth Truscott, August 11, 2026

"Washington State University horticulturist #JeffreyWall partnered with members of the #Mikmaq #FirstNations people of #Canada to create a new, #IndigenousCentered model of the connections that link humans with plants, animals and the environment.

"Wall interviewed over a dozen traditional knowledge keepers in Unama'ki, the #CapeBreton Island homeland of the Eskasoni Mi'kmaq. He asked tribal elders and allies to describe #BioculturalConnectivity — the relationship between human cultures and local #ecosystems — as they see it. The findings were published in Environmental Science & Policy.

" 'I wanted to show the connective forces that the Mi'kmaq prioritize,' Wall said. 'The goal was to be in tune with their deep #CulturalHeritage, traditions and the #indigenization of the future that they want to promote.'

"With more than 66,000 registered members, the Mi'kmaq are a resilient people native to the U.S. Northeast and Canada's Atlantic provinces who are revitalizing their language and growing their landholdings. Wall's work can guide future mapping and inform the institute's land acquisition strategy.

"The project reflects the concept of #TwoEyedSeeing — understanding the world from both #Indigenous and #Western approaches — introduced by Mi'kmaq elders Albert and Murdena Marshall.

" 'There is a growing understanding that environmental conditions can improve if we bring more Indigenous ways of knowing and being into the conversation,' said Lisa Young, executive director of the Unama'ki Institute of Natural Resources. 'Maintaining a #reciprocal relationship with the land is in itself a way to protect and preserve it.' "

Read more:
https://phys.org/news/2026-08-biocultural-families-centers-indigenous-priorities.html

#SolarPunkSunday #EnvironmentalAwareness #EnvironmentalStewardship #TraditionalKnowledge #Technology #TraditionalEcologicalKnowledge

The Orchard Project
Community Food Forests: A Guide to Creating Your Own
https://www.theorchardproject.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/A-Guide-to-Creating-Community-Food-Forests.pdf

#SolarPunkSunday #Trees #FoodForests #UrbanForests #Forests #EcoSystems #Community #Food #Orchards

Pocket Forests
"All the information YOU NEED is here FREE in 4 downloadable and printable PDF's, to help plant a small 6 ft X 10 ft, or larger Miyawaki Method/Pocket forest! "
https://www.pocketforestsoregon.com/

#SolarPunkSunday #Trees #Miyawaki #PocketForests #UrbanForests #Forests #EcoSystems

The #Indigenous Roots of #RegenerativeAgriculture

“All flourishing is mutual.”
– Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass

August 9, 2023

"While a new wave of enthusiasm has crested in recent years, regenerative agriculture is an ancient concept that originated with #IndigenousPeoples around the world more than a thousand years ago. In many Indigenous world views, humans and nature are not separate forces, but parts of a whole that need each other to thrive. Regenerative agriculture supports this by promoting farming methods that enrich the land—so it can continue to provide for present and future generations.

"Embracing #TraditionalKnowledge

"Due to the long and horrific history of #StolenLand and #colonization, the Global North often refers to #IndigenousPeoples’ culture and knowledge in the past tense. Yet today, Indigenous peoples are indisputably the best guardians of our world’s most precious #ecosystems. When you take into account that the few remaining Indigenous lands are home to 80 percent of the world’s #Biodiversity, while modern #IndustrialAgriculture is responsible for 80 percent of global #deforestation, it’s clear that Western society still desperately needs to learn what Indigenous people have known for millennia: that human beings must live in a reciprocal relationship with the Earth.

"Around the world, Indigenous peoples have long practiced the key elements of regenerative agriculture. Here are just a few examples:

The art of #agroforestry

Some Indigenous communities, like the #Lenca people in #Honduras, know agroforestry simply as 'traditional technique.' Agroforestry—or the concept of growing crops in a way that mimics the forest and offers shade, protection, and nutrients—is such common practice there is no special name for it.

"Our lead for sustainable forest management, Emmanuelle Bérenger, explains the importance of Indigenous growing methods: 'By using #sustainable practices taught from one generation to another, [Indigenous peoples] actively safeguard forests, preserving biodiversity and keeping a delicate balance essential for both the environment and their own sustenance.' "

Learn more:
https://www.rainforest-alliance.org/insights/the-indigenous-roots-of-regenerative-agriculture/

#SolarPunkSunday #Intercropping #FoodForests #ProtectNature #ProtectBiodiversity

Factsheet: Monitoring Ecosystem Services Of Urban Forests, São Paulo
https://oppla.eu/sites/default/files/old_files/uploads/factsheetsao-paulov241010.pdf

#SolarPunkSunday #Trees #SaoPaulo #UrbanForests #Forests #EcoSystems #Brazil

The Tree Whisperer of São Paulo Who Greened a Piece of the City’s Concrete Jungle
https://thursd.com/articles/helio-da-silva-sao-paulo-tiquatira-linear-park

#SolarPunkSunday #Trees #SaoPaulo #UrbanForests #Forests #EcoSystems #Brazil

Chinampas Agricultural System in Mexico City, Mexico
https://www.fao.org/giahs/giahs-around-the-world/mexico-chinampas-agricultural-system/en

#SolarPunkSunday #ArcaTierra #Farms #Agriculture #Ecosystems #Farming #ResilientCitiesNetwork #Mexico #IndigenousKnowledge

Chinampas Agricultural System in Mexico City, Mexico
https://resilientcitiesnetwork.org/arca-tierra-eng/

#SolarPunkSunday #ArcaTierra #Farms #Agriculture #Ecosystems #Farming #ResilientCitiesNetwork #Mexico #IndigenousKnowledge

Desert greening (Deserts 🏜️)

Desert greening is the process of afforestation or revegetation of deserts for ecological restoration, sustainable farming and forestry, but also for reclamation of natural water systems and other ecological systems that support life. The term "desert greening" is intended to apply to both cold and hot arid and semi-arid deserts. It does not appl...

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

#DesertGreening #Deserts #Ecosystems #Desertification #LandReclamation

Geospatial Analysis of Carbon Offset Projects - A Broader Scientific Outlook
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https://www.eldhollow.com/blogs/geospatial-analysis-of-carbon-offset-projects <-- shared technical blog
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[this post should not be considered an endorsement of a particular organisation, rather scrutinising the spatial use case & technical approach]
H/T @kyle Arvisais | Forest Carbon Scientist
“Geospatial analysis is at the core of [the H/T’s company’s] project quality assessments, and [the author is] constantly finding ways to make the pipeline better and ways to use it. [They are] obviously not the only one who uses these types of tools, but to be perfectly honest, the quality of models [they have] seen over the years has been all over the place.
This blog makes a casual introduction to [their] pipeline while talking about the field at large…”
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“The world has committed to protecting and restoring nature at an unprecedented scale. Whether that commitment delivers what it promises comes down project execution on the ground. Local socioeconomics and forest ecology intertwine to create complex challenges for projects to overcome during implementation, and at the end of the day, projects boil all of these complexities down to one single unit: the carbon credit. So the question becomes: can we actually measure what is happening to a forest, accurately and honestly, and everywhere at once?
For a long time, the honest answer has been no. Historically, many forest carbon projects overstated their impact. Usually it was because the baseline was too generous, or because the measurements underneath were flawed. For anyone with a stake in nature markets, that uncertainty is one of the core risks.
Robust geospatial analysis can help mitigate that risk. If you treat a carbon credit as what it really is, a scientific claim, then we can hold it to that standard and assess it objectively. [Their] geospatial pipeline turns satellite data and ground truth data into models about how much forest is standing, how it is changing, and what might put it at risk in the future. The pipeline does this anywhere on Earth…”
#GIS #spatial #mapping #usecase #carbonoffset #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #qualityassessment #objectivity #projectpipeline #model #modeling #application #nature #environment #ecosystems #ecology #local #regional #factors #socioeconomics #forestecology #vegetation #forest #tree #carboncredit #climatechange #climatecrisis #forestcarbonprojects #global