#footprint — Public Fediverse posts

"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

"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

Adherence to an adapted Planetary Health Diet (more fruits & #legumes; less #dairy, red #meat, animal fats & added #sugar) in China was linked to reduced GHG #emissions, water use & #landuse, as well as lower risk of all-cause mortality: doi.org/10.1007/s003... #environment #health #footprint

From Ireland Land Use Review latest report: “sustainable land use requires very significant change”.

Explanations by Caroline O'Doherty:
"Agriculture is the main polluter of waterways, half of which fail to meet minimum environmental standards.
"It is responsible for 38 per cent of national emissions – the largest of any sector.
"It is the number one pressure on wildlife and natural habitats, 90 per cent of which are in poor condition."

By subscription: https://www.irishtimes.com/life-style/2026/08/09/how-irelands-land-is-used-and-why-it-has-to-change/
Archived: https://archive.ph/Al4qw#selection-2163.0-2177.107

#landUse #viability #property #sustainability #water #publicHealth #biomethane #tillage #forestry #Ireland #emissions #agriculture #footprint #GHG #methane #globalHeating #agribusiness #meat #cattle #climateChange #dairy

Fossil Footprints Reveal Two Species Of Human Ancestors Lived Side-By-Side, A Scientific First
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https://www.earth.com/news/hominin-footprints-show-two-extinct-species-of-early-humans-lived-side-by-side/ <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1126/science.ado5275 <-- shared paper
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jglr.2022.10.007 <-- shared paper
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[not my usual ‘general’ subject matter to post – but who amazing and impressive to find/recognise and then decipher this!]
#fieldwork #3Dvisualisation #spatialanalysis #anthropology #tracefossils #hominid #homoerectus #paranthropusboilei #africa #fossil #footprint #human #evolution #ancestor #dating #TurkanaBasin #kenya #africa #sediment #sedimentology #water #hydrology #LakeTurkana #shoreline #geology #soil #stratigraphy #palaeontology #paleontology #model #modeling #remotesensing

#water #footprint #food #foodprint #meat #dairy #eggs #vegan #plantbased #govegan #sustainable #duurzaam

Have a nice weekend

#photography #Winter #Nature #Landscape #ColdTemperature #Outdoors #Snow #Sunlight #shadows #morning #light #snowscape #snowfield #freshsnow #sweden #mountains #fence #february #jämtland #northern_sweden #trail #harensspår #harensår #footprint #rural #noroads #obygdn #wildernessculture #animaltrack #fauna

Over-consumption of #ruminant meat & excessive #foodwaste is expanding #foodsystems' carbon #footprint. The global increase in #meat consumption is incompatible with the 1.5°C #climate target & with #biodiversity goals: https://foodsystemeconomics.org/policy/global-policy-report/