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Contemplando el entorno geológico de la Charca Verde, bajo el estío del Escalerón.

https://eu.zonerama.com/Link/Photo/673553833/15821604

#fotografía #photography #paisaje #landscape #río #river #montañas #mountains #geología #geology #colors #RíoManzanares #LaPedriza #SierraDeGuadarrama #ManzanaresElReal #Madrid

Contemplando el entorno geológico de la Charca Verde, bajo el estío del Escalerón.

https://eu.zonerama.com/Link/Photo/673553833/15821604

#fotografía #photography #paisaje #landscape #río #river #montañas #mountains #geología #geology #colors #RíoManzanares #LaPedriza #SierraDeGuadarrama #ManzanaresElReal #Madrid

Contemplando el entorno geológico de la Charca Verde, bajo el estío del Escalerón.

https://eu.zonerama.com/Link/Photo/673553833/15821604

#fotografía #photography #paisaje #landscape #río #river #montañas #mountains #geología #geology #colors #RíoManzanares #LaPedriza #SierraDeGuadarrama #ManzanaresElReal #Madrid

Contemplando el entorno geológico de la Charca Verde, bajo el estío del Escalerón.

https://eu.zonerama.com/Link/Photo/673553833/15821604

#fotografía #photography #paisaje #landscape #río #river #montañas #mountains #geología #geology #colors #RíoManzanares #LaPedriza #SierraDeGuadarrama #ManzanaresElReal #Madrid

Contemplando el entorno geológico de la Charca Verde, bajo el estío del Escalerón.

https://eu.zonerama.com/Link/Photo/673553833/15821604

#fotografía #photography #paisaje #landscape #río #river #montañas #mountains #geología #geology #colors #RíoManzanares #LaPedriza #SierraDeGuadarrama #ManzanaresElReal #Madrid

Aguas del río Manzanares fluyendo por el color de la roca moldeada, del entorno de la Charca Verde.

https://eu.zonerama.com/Link/Photo/673553824/15821604

#fotografía #photography #paisaje #landscape #río #river #geología #geology #colors #RíoManzanares #LaPedriza #SierraDeGuadarrama #ManzanaresElReal #Madrid

Aguas del río Manzanares fluyendo por el color de la roca moldeada, del entorno de la Charca Verde.

https://eu.zonerama.com/Link/Photo/673553824/15821604

#fotografía #photography #paisaje #landscape #río #river #geología #geology #colors #RíoManzanares #LaPedriza #SierraDeGuadarrama #ManzanaresElReal #Madrid

Aguas del río Manzanares fluyendo por el color de la roca moldeada, del entorno de la Charca Verde.

https://eu.zonerama.com/Link/Photo/673553824/15821604

#fotografía #photography #paisaje #landscape #río #river #geología #geology #colors #RíoManzanares #LaPedriza #SierraDeGuadarrama #ManzanaresElReal #Madrid

Aguas del río Manzanares fluyendo por el color de la roca moldeada, del entorno de la Charca Verde.

https://eu.zonerama.com/Link/Photo/673553824/15821604

#fotografía #photography #paisaje #landscape #río #river #geología #geology #colors #RíoManzanares #LaPedriza #SierraDeGuadarrama #ManzanaresElReal #Madrid

Aguas del río Manzanares fluyendo por el color de la roca moldeada, del entorno de la Charca Verde.

https://eu.zonerama.com/Link/Photo/673553824/15821604

#fotografía #photography #paisaje #landscape #río #river #geología #geology #colors #RíoManzanares #LaPedriza #SierraDeGuadarrama #ManzanaresElReal #Madrid

Ante las chorreras del río Manzanares fluyendo y moldeando la roca de La Pedriza, en el entorno del prado de las Zorras.

https://eu.zonerama.com/Link/Photo/673553809/15821604

#fotografía #photography #paisaje #landscape #río #river #cascada #waterfall #laguna #lagoon #geología #geology #colors #RíoManzanares #LaPedriza #SierraDeGuadarrama #ManzanaresElReal #Madrid

Ante las chorreras del río Manzanares fluyendo y moldeando la roca de La Pedriza, en el entorno del prado de las Zorras.

https://eu.zonerama.com/Link/Photo/673553809/15821604

#fotografía #photography #paisaje #landscape #río #river #cascada #waterfall #laguna #lagoon #geología #geology #colors #RíoManzanares #LaPedriza #SierraDeGuadarrama #ManzanaresElReal #Madrid

Ante las chorreras del río Manzanares fluyendo y moldeando la roca de La Pedriza, en el entorno del prado de las Zorras.

https://eu.zonerama.com/Link/Photo/673553809/15821604

#fotografía #photography #paisaje #landscape #río #river #cascada #waterfall #laguna #lagoon #geología #geology #colors #RíoManzanares #LaPedriza #SierraDeGuadarrama #ManzanaresElReal #Madrid

Ante las chorreras del río Manzanares fluyendo y moldeando la roca de La Pedriza, en el entorno del prado de las Zorras.

https://eu.zonerama.com/Link/Photo/673553809/15821604

#fotografía #photography #paisaje #landscape #río #river #cascada #waterfall #laguna #lagoon #geología #geology #colors #RíoManzanares #LaPedriza #SierraDeGuadarrama #ManzanaresElReal #Madrid

Ante las chorreras del río Manzanares fluyendo y moldeando la roca de La Pedriza, en el entorno del prado de las Zorras.

https://eu.zonerama.com/Link/Photo/673553809/15821604

#fotografía #photography #paisaje #landscape #río #river #cascada #waterfall #laguna #lagoon #geología #geology #colors #RíoManzanares #LaPedriza #SierraDeGuadarrama #ManzanaresElReal #Madrid

Viendo caer las pequeñas cascadas del río Manzanares, por la piedra y la roca del entorno del prado de las Zorras.

https://eu.zonerama.com/Link/Photo/673553795/15821604

#fotografía #photography #paisaje #landscape #río #river #cascada #waterfall #geología #geology #colors #RíoManzanares #LaPedriza #SierraDeGuadarrama #ManzanaresElReal #Madrid

Viendo caer las pequeñas cascadas del río Manzanares, por la piedra y la roca del entorno del prado de las Zorras.

https://eu.zonerama.com/Link/Photo/673553795/15821604

#fotografía #photography #paisaje #landscape #río #river #cascada #waterfall #geología #geology #colors #RíoManzanares #LaPedriza #SierraDeGuadarrama #ManzanaresElReal #Madrid

Viendo caer las pequeñas cascadas del río Manzanares, por la piedra y la roca del entorno del prado de las Zorras.

https://eu.zonerama.com/Link/Photo/673553795/15821604

#fotografía #photography #paisaje #landscape #río #river #cascada #waterfall #geología #geology #colors #RíoManzanares #LaPedriza #SierraDeGuadarrama #ManzanaresElReal #Madrid

Viendo caer las pequeñas cascadas del río Manzanares, por la piedra y la roca del entorno del prado de las Zorras.

https://eu.zonerama.com/Link/Photo/673553795/15821604

#fotografía #photography #paisaje #landscape #río #river #cascada #waterfall #geología #geology #colors #RíoManzanares #LaPedriza #SierraDeGuadarrama #ManzanaresElReal #Madrid

Viendo caer las pequeñas cascadas del río Manzanares, por la piedra y la roca del entorno del prado de las Zorras.

https://eu.zonerama.com/Link/Photo/673553795/15821604

#fotografía #photography #paisaje #landscape #río #river #cascada #waterfall #geología #geology #colors #RíoManzanares #LaPedriza #SierraDeGuadarrama #ManzanaresElReal #Madrid

Pequeña cascada del río Manzanares, cayendo entre la piedra y la roca de La Pedriza, en el entorno del prado de las Zorras.

https://eu.zonerama.com/Link/Photo/673553803/15821604

#fotografía #photography #paisaje #landscape #río #river #cascada #waterfall #geología #geology #colors #RíoManzanares #LaPedriza #SierraDeGuadarrama #ManzanaresElReal #Madrid

Pequeña cascada del río Manzanares, cayendo entre la piedra y la roca de La Pedriza, en el entorno del prado de las Zorras.

https://eu.zonerama.com/Link/Photo/673553803/15821604

#fotografía #photography #paisaje #landscape #río #river #cascada #waterfall #geología #geology #colors #RíoManzanares #LaPedriza #SierraDeGuadarrama #ManzanaresElReal #Madrid

Pequeña cascada del río Manzanares, cayendo entre la piedra y la roca de La Pedriza, en el entorno del prado de las Zorras.

https://eu.zonerama.com/Link/Photo/673553803/15821604

#fotografía #photography #paisaje #landscape #río #river #cascada #waterfall #geología #geology #colors #RíoManzanares #LaPedriza #SierraDeGuadarrama #ManzanaresElReal #Madrid

Pequeña cascada del río Manzanares, cayendo entre la piedra y la roca de La Pedriza, en el entorno del prado de las Zorras.

https://eu.zonerama.com/Link/Photo/673553803/15821604

#fotografía #photography #paisaje #landscape #río #river #cascada #waterfall #geología #geology #colors #RíoManzanares #LaPedriza #SierraDeGuadarrama #ManzanaresElReal #Madrid

Pequeña cascada del río Manzanares, cayendo entre la piedra y la roca de La Pedriza, en el entorno del prado de las Zorras.

https://eu.zonerama.com/Link/Photo/673553803/15821604

#fotografía #photography #paisaje #landscape #río #river #cascada #waterfall #geología #geology #colors #RíoManzanares #LaPedriza #SierraDeGuadarrama #ManzanaresElReal #Madrid

Por la geología de La Pedriza, alcanzando las pequeñas cascadas, en el entorno estival del prado de las Zorras.

https://eu.zonerama.com/Link/Photo/673553811/15821604

#fotografía #photography #paisaje #landscape #río #river #cascada #waterfall #geología #geology #colors #RíoManzanares #LaPedriza #SierraDeGuadarrama #ManzanaresElReal #Madrid

Por la geología de La Pedriza, alcanzando las pequeñas cascadas, en el entorno estival del prado de las Zorras.

https://eu.zonerama.com/Link/Photo/673553811/15821604

#fotografía #photography #paisaje #landscape #río #river #cascada #waterfall #geología #geology #colors #RíoManzanares #LaPedriza #SierraDeGuadarrama #ManzanaresElReal #Madrid

Por la geología de La Pedriza, alcanzando las pequeñas cascadas, en el entorno estival del prado de las Zorras.

https://eu.zonerama.com/Link/Photo/673553811/15821604

#fotografía #photography #paisaje #landscape #río #river #cascada #waterfall #geología #geology #colors #RíoManzanares #LaPedriza #SierraDeGuadarrama #ManzanaresElReal #Madrid

Por la geología de La Pedriza, alcanzando las pequeñas cascadas, en el entorno estival del prado de las Zorras.

https://eu.zonerama.com/Link/Photo/673553811/15821604

#fotografía #photography #paisaje #landscape #río #river #cascada #waterfall #geología #geology #colors #RíoManzanares #LaPedriza #SierraDeGuadarrama #ManzanaresElReal #Madrid

Por la geología de La Pedriza, alcanzando las pequeñas cascadas, en el entorno estival del prado de las Zorras.

https://eu.zonerama.com/Link/Photo/673553811/15821604

#fotografía #photography #paisaje #landscape #río #river #cascada #waterfall #geología #geology #colors #RíoManzanares #LaPedriza #SierraDeGuadarrama #ManzanaresElReal #Madrid

Aguas del río Manzanares cayendo en pequeña cascada, por el color de la geología moldeada, del entorno del prado de las Zorras.

https://eu.zonerama.com/Link/Photo/673553797/15821604

#fotografía #photography #paisaje #landscape #río #river #cascada #waterfall #geología #geology #colors #RíoManzanares #LaPedriza #SierraDeGuadarrama #ManzanaresElReal #Madrid

Aguas del río Manzanares cayendo en pequeña cascada, por el color de la geología moldeada, del entorno del prado de las Zorras.

https://eu.zonerama.com/Link/Photo/673553797/15821604

#fotografía #photography #paisaje #landscape #río #river #cascada #waterfall #geología #geology #colors #RíoManzanares #LaPedriza #SierraDeGuadarrama #ManzanaresElReal #Madrid

Aguas del río Manzanares cayendo en pequeña cascada, por el color de la geología moldeada, del entorno del prado de las Zorras.

https://eu.zonerama.com/Link/Photo/673553797/15821604

#fotografía #photography #paisaje #landscape #río #river #cascada #waterfall #geología #geology #colors #RíoManzanares #LaPedriza #SierraDeGuadarrama #ManzanaresElReal #Madrid

Aguas del río Manzanares cayendo en pequeña cascada, por el color de la geología moldeada, del entorno del prado de las Zorras.

https://eu.zonerama.com/Link/Photo/673553797/15821604

#fotografía #photography #paisaje #landscape #río #river #cascada #waterfall #geología #geology #colors #RíoManzanares #LaPedriza #SierraDeGuadarrama #ManzanaresElReal #Madrid

Aguas del río Manzanares cayendo en pequeña cascada, por el color de la geología moldeada, del entorno del prado de las Zorras.

https://eu.zonerama.com/Link/Photo/673553797/15821604

#fotografía #photography #paisaje #landscape #río #river #cascada #waterfall #geología #geology #colors #RíoManzanares #LaPedriza #SierraDeGuadarrama #ManzanaresElReal #Madrid

🗺️ Scientists Say They've Found Remnants of Huge Life-Giving Continent Beneath Antarctica

｢ Instead of probing the continent’s thick ice shell, the researchers analyzed zircons found in ocean sediments. The data suggests that Antarctica held plenty of material during the formation of Gondwana between 650 and 450 million years ago. That’s around the time of the Cambrian explosion ｣

https://futurism.com/science-energy/remnants-huge-continent-beneath-antarctica

#geology #earth #antartica #science

🗺️ Scientists Say They've Found Remnants of Huge Life-Giving Continent Beneath Antarctica

｢ Instead of probing the continent’s thick ice shell, the researchers analyzed zircons found in ocean sediments. The data suggests that Antarctica held plenty of material during the formation of Gondwana between 650 and 450 million years ago. That’s around the time of the Cambrian explosion ｣

https://futurism.com/science-energy/remnants-huge-continent-beneath-antarctica

#geology #earth #antartica #science

🗺️ Scientists Say They've Found Remnants of Huge Life-Giving Continent Beneath Antarctica

｢ Instead of probing the continent’s thick ice shell, the researchers analyzed zircons found in ocean sediments. The data suggests that Antarctica held plenty of material during the formation of Gondwana between 650 and 450 million years ago. That’s around the time of the Cambrian explosion ｣

https://futurism.com/science-energy/remnants-huge-continent-beneath-antarctica

#geology #earth #antartica #science

🗺️ Scientists Say They've Found Remnants of Huge Life-Giving Continent Beneath Antarctica

｢ Instead of probing the continent’s thick ice shell, the researchers analyzed zircons found in ocean sediments. The data suggests that Antarctica held plenty of material during the formation of Gondwana between 650 and 450 million years ago. That’s around the time of the Cambrian explosion ｣

https://futurism.com/science-energy/remnants-huge-continent-beneath-antarctica

#geology #earth #antartica #science

Local gardening wizard retiring | Outdoors https://www.allforgardening.com/1942776/local-gardening-wizard-retiring-outdoors/ #agriculture #AskAMasterGarden #BarbGorges #biology #botany #feature #GardenGossip #gardening #GardeningWyoming #geology #HabitatHero #JobMarket #LaramieCountyExtensionHorticulture #local #sports #ToDo #TuesdayFarmersMarket #wyoming

Local gardening wizard retiring | Outdoors https://www.allforgardening.com/1942776/local-gardening-wizard-retiring-outdoors/ #agriculture #AskAMasterGarden #BarbGorges #biology #botany #feature #GardenGossip #gardening #GardeningWyoming #geology #HabitatHero #JobMarket #LaramieCountyExtensionHorticulture #local #sports #ToDo #TuesdayFarmersMarket #wyoming

How Far Does Water Travel When Peatlands Are Rewetted? A New Model Reveals The Answer
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https://scienmag.com/how-far-does-water-travel-when-peatlands-are-rewetted-a-new-model-reveals-the-answer/ <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1007/s10040-026-03173-5 <-- shared paper
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https://www.peatcarbon.lu.lv/fileadmin/user_upload/lu_portal/peatcarbon.lu.lv/LIFE_PeatCarbon_2ndAnnualMonitoringReport_Finland.pdf <-- shared technical article / ‘progress report’
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https://eos.org/articles/restored-peatlands-could-become-carbon-sinks-within-decades <-- shared EOS technical article
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https://finland.fi/life-society/peatland-restoration-strengthens-finlands-biodiversity/ <-- shared ‘this is FINLAND’ technical media article
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H/T @omar Ashraf Nimr | Doctoral Researcher | Eco-Hydrogeology | Water Resources Enthusiast | Lifelong Learner and Educator
“Deep beneath the seemingly still surface of the world’s peatlands lies one of the planet’s most consequential plumbing systems. These waterlogged landscapes cover only about three percent of the global land surface, yet they store more carbon than all terrestrial biomass combined. When they are drained for forestry, agriculture, or peat extraction, the falling water table exposes ancient organic matter to oxygen, accelerating decomposition and releasing carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. Estimates suggest that every centimetre of water-table decline adds roughly 0.3 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent per hectare per year, a relationship that has transformed many drained peatlands from net carbon sinks into persistent carbon sources. Rewetting through ditch blocking and damming has therefore become a cornerstone of climate mitigation policy, enshrined in initiatives such as the United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration and the European Union’s legally binding Nature Restoration Law. But a fundamental question has haunted restoration practitioners for decades: when you block a ditch, how far does the benefit actually spread?...”
“A new study [link above] offers the most mechanistically complete answer yet. [T]he research used a fully integrated three-dimensional physics-based model called HydroGeoSphere to simulate how rewetting propagates through a boreal fen… Unlike the sparse point measurements that dominate conventional restoration assessments, the model resolved water-table dynamics across the entire 224-hectare mire and its 556-hectare headwater catchment at daily resolution over a full hydrological year, generating millions of spatially explicit data points that no field campaign could ever collect…”
#borealfen #carbonemissions #climatechange #mitigation #peatland #restoration #ditchblocking #ditch #engineered #ecosystem #ecosystemrestoration #policy #planning# waterflow #water #hydrology #Finland #Matorovasuo #Kittilä #Arctic #globalcarboncycle #carboncycle #groundwater #model #modeling #hydrogeology #HydroGeoSphere #hydrology #water #hydogeomorphology #hydrologicalmodeling #rewetted #wetlands #peat #hydroorganic #gegetation #decomposition #carbonstorage #carbonrelease #watertable #dynamics #variogram #geomorphology #hydrogeomorphology #mire #peat #spatialanalysis #geology #soils #restoration #habitat #model #modeling

How Far Does Water Travel When Peatlands Are Rewetted? A New Model Reveals The Answer
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https://scienmag.com/how-far-does-water-travel-when-peatlands-are-rewetted-a-new-model-reveals-the-answer/ <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1007/s10040-026-03173-5 <-- shared paper
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https://www.peatcarbon.lu.lv/fileadmin/user_upload/lu_portal/peatcarbon.lu.lv/LIFE_PeatCarbon_2ndAnnualMonitoringReport_Finland.pdf <-- shared technical article / ‘progress report’
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https://eos.org/articles/restored-peatlands-could-become-carbon-sinks-within-decades <-- shared EOS technical article
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https://finland.fi/life-society/peatland-restoration-strengthens-finlands-biodiversity/ <-- shared ‘this is FINLAND’ technical media article
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H/T @omar Ashraf Nimr | Doctoral Researcher | Eco-Hydrogeology | Water Resources Enthusiast | Lifelong Learner and Educator
“Deep beneath the seemingly still surface of the world’s peatlands lies one of the planet’s most consequential plumbing systems. These waterlogged landscapes cover only about three percent of the global land surface, yet they store more carbon than all terrestrial biomass combined. When they are drained for forestry, agriculture, or peat extraction, the falling water table exposes ancient organic matter to oxygen, accelerating decomposition and releasing carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. Estimates suggest that every centimetre of water-table decline adds roughly 0.3 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent per hectare per year, a relationship that has transformed many drained peatlands from net carbon sinks into persistent carbon sources. Rewetting through ditch blocking and damming has therefore become a cornerstone of climate mitigation policy, enshrined in initiatives such as the United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration and the European Union’s legally binding Nature Restoration Law. But a fundamental question has haunted restoration practitioners for decades: when you block a ditch, how far does the benefit actually spread?...”
“A new study [link above] offers the most mechanistically complete answer yet. [T]he research used a fully integrated three-dimensional physics-based model called HydroGeoSphere to simulate how rewetting propagates through a boreal fen… Unlike the sparse point measurements that dominate conventional restoration assessments, the model resolved water-table dynamics across the entire 224-hectare mire and its 556-hectare headwater catchment at daily resolution over a full hydrological year, generating millions of spatially explicit data points that no field campaign could ever collect…”
#borealfen #carbonemissions #climatechange #mitigation #peatland #restoration #ditchblocking #ditch #engineered #ecosystem #ecosystemrestoration #policy #planning# waterflow #water #hydrology #Finland #Matorovasuo #Kittilä #Arctic #globalcarboncycle #carboncycle #groundwater #model #modeling #hydrogeology #HydroGeoSphere #hydrology #water #hydogeomorphology #hydrologicalmodeling #rewetted #wetlands #peat #hydroorganic #gegetation #decomposition #carbonstorage #carbonrelease #watertable #dynamics #variogram #geomorphology #hydrogeomorphology #mire #peat #spatialanalysis #geology #soils #restoration #habitat #model #modeling

How Far Does Water Travel When Peatlands Are Rewetted? A New Model Reveals The Answer
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https://scienmag.com/how-far-does-water-travel-when-peatlands-are-rewetted-a-new-model-reveals-the-answer/ <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1007/s10040-026-03173-5 <-- shared paper
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https://www.peatcarbon.lu.lv/fileadmin/user_upload/lu_portal/peatcarbon.lu.lv/LIFE_PeatCarbon_2ndAnnualMonitoringReport_Finland.pdf <-- shared technical article / ‘progress report’
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https://eos.org/articles/restored-peatlands-could-become-carbon-sinks-within-decades <-- shared EOS technical article
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https://finland.fi/life-society/peatland-restoration-strengthens-finlands-biodiversity/ <-- shared ‘this is FINLAND’ technical media article
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H/T @omar Ashraf Nimr | Doctoral Researcher | Eco-Hydrogeology | Water Resources Enthusiast | Lifelong Learner and Educator
“Deep beneath the seemingly still surface of the world’s peatlands lies one of the planet’s most consequential plumbing systems. These waterlogged landscapes cover only about three percent of the global land surface, yet they store more carbon than all terrestrial biomass combined. When they are drained for forestry, agriculture, or peat extraction, the falling water table exposes ancient organic matter to oxygen, accelerating decomposition and releasing carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. Estimates suggest that every centimetre of water-table decline adds roughly 0.3 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent per hectare per year, a relationship that has transformed many drained peatlands from net carbon sinks into persistent carbon sources. Rewetting through ditch blocking and damming has therefore become a cornerstone of climate mitigation policy, enshrined in initiatives such as the United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration and the European Union’s legally binding Nature Restoration Law. But a fundamental question has haunted restoration practitioners for decades: when you block a ditch, how far does the benefit actually spread?...”
“A new study [link above] offers the most mechanistically complete answer yet. [T]he research used a fully integrated three-dimensional physics-based model called HydroGeoSphere to simulate how rewetting propagates through a boreal fen… Unlike the sparse point measurements that dominate conventional restoration assessments, the model resolved water-table dynamics across the entire 224-hectare mire and its 556-hectare headwater catchment at daily resolution over a full hydrological year, generating millions of spatially explicit data points that no field campaign could ever collect…”
#borealfen #carbonemissions #climatechange #mitigation #peatland #restoration #ditchblocking #ditch #engineered #ecosystem #ecosystemrestoration #policy #planning# waterflow #water #hydrology #Finland #Matorovasuo #Kittilä #Arctic #globalcarboncycle #carboncycle #groundwater #model #modeling #hydrogeology #HydroGeoSphere #hydrology #water #hydogeomorphology #hydrologicalmodeling #rewetted #wetlands #peat #hydroorganic #gegetation #decomposition #carbonstorage #carbonrelease #watertable #dynamics #variogram #geomorphology #hydrogeomorphology #mire #peat #spatialanalysis #geology #soils #restoration #habitat #model #modeling

How Far Does Water Travel When Peatlands Are Rewetted? A New Model Reveals The Answer
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https://scienmag.com/how-far-does-water-travel-when-peatlands-are-rewetted-a-new-model-reveals-the-answer/ <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1007/s10040-026-03173-5 <-- shared paper
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https://www.peatcarbon.lu.lv/fileadmin/user_upload/lu_portal/peatcarbon.lu.lv/LIFE_PeatCarbon_2ndAnnualMonitoringReport_Finland.pdf <-- shared technical article / ‘progress report’
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https://eos.org/articles/restored-peatlands-could-become-carbon-sinks-within-decades <-- shared EOS technical article
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https://finland.fi/life-society/peatland-restoration-strengthens-finlands-biodiversity/ <-- shared ‘this is FINLAND’ technical media article
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H/T @omar Ashraf Nimr | Doctoral Researcher | Eco-Hydrogeology | Water Resources Enthusiast | Lifelong Learner and Educator
“Deep beneath the seemingly still surface of the world’s peatlands lies one of the planet’s most consequential plumbing systems. These waterlogged landscapes cover only about three percent of the global land surface, yet they store more carbon than all terrestrial biomass combined. When they are drained for forestry, agriculture, or peat extraction, the falling water table exposes ancient organic matter to oxygen, accelerating decomposition and releasing carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. Estimates suggest that every centimetre of water-table decline adds roughly 0.3 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent per hectare per year, a relationship that has transformed many drained peatlands from net carbon sinks into persistent carbon sources. Rewetting through ditch blocking and damming has therefore become a cornerstone of climate mitigation policy, enshrined in initiatives such as the United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration and the European Union’s legally binding Nature Restoration Law. But a fundamental question has haunted restoration practitioners for decades: when you block a ditch, how far does the benefit actually spread?...”
“A new study [link above] offers the most mechanistically complete answer yet. [T]he research used a fully integrated three-dimensional physics-based model called HydroGeoSphere to simulate how rewetting propagates through a boreal fen… Unlike the sparse point measurements that dominate conventional restoration assessments, the model resolved water-table dynamics across the entire 224-hectare mire and its 556-hectare headwater catchment at daily resolution over a full hydrological year, generating millions of spatially explicit data points that no field campaign could ever collect…”
#borealfen #carbonemissions #climatechange #mitigation #peatland #restoration #ditchblocking #ditch #engineered #ecosystem #ecosystemrestoration #policy #planning# waterflow #water #hydrology #Finland #Matorovasuo #Kittilä #Arctic #globalcarboncycle #carboncycle #groundwater #model #modeling #hydrogeology #HydroGeoSphere #hydrology #water #hydogeomorphology #hydrologicalmodeling #rewetted #wetlands #peat #hydroorganic #gegetation #decomposition #carbonstorage #carbonrelease #watertable #dynamics #variogram #geomorphology #hydrogeomorphology #mire #peat #spatialanalysis #geology #soils #restoration #habitat #model #modeling

How Far Does Water Travel When Peatlands Are Rewetted? A New Model Reveals The Answer
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https://scienmag.com/how-far-does-water-travel-when-peatlands-are-rewetted-a-new-model-reveals-the-answer/ <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1007/s10040-026-03173-5 <-- shared paper
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https://www.peatcarbon.lu.lv/fileadmin/user_upload/lu_portal/peatcarbon.lu.lv/LIFE_PeatCarbon_2ndAnnualMonitoringReport_Finland.pdf <-- shared technical article / ‘progress report’
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https://eos.org/articles/restored-peatlands-could-become-carbon-sinks-within-decades <-- shared EOS technical article
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https://finland.fi/life-society/peatland-restoration-strengthens-finlands-biodiversity/ <-- shared ‘this is FINLAND’ technical media article
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H/T @omar Ashraf Nimr | Doctoral Researcher | Eco-Hydrogeology | Water Resources Enthusiast | Lifelong Learner and Educator
“Deep beneath the seemingly still surface of the world’s peatlands lies one of the planet’s most consequential plumbing systems. These waterlogged landscapes cover only about three percent of the global land surface, yet they store more carbon than all terrestrial biomass combined. When they are drained for forestry, agriculture, or peat extraction, the falling water table exposes ancient organic matter to oxygen, accelerating decomposition and releasing carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. Estimates suggest that every centimetre of water-table decline adds roughly 0.3 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent per hectare per year, a relationship that has transformed many drained peatlands from net carbon sinks into persistent carbon sources. Rewetting through ditch blocking and damming has therefore become a cornerstone of climate mitigation policy, enshrined in initiatives such as the United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration and the European Union’s legally binding Nature Restoration Law. But a fundamental question has haunted restoration practitioners for decades: when you block a ditch, how far does the benefit actually spread?...”
“A new study [link above] offers the most mechanistically complete answer yet. [T]he research used a fully integrated three-dimensional physics-based model called HydroGeoSphere to simulate how rewetting propagates through a boreal fen… Unlike the sparse point measurements that dominate conventional restoration assessments, the model resolved water-table dynamics across the entire 224-hectare mire and its 556-hectare headwater catchment at daily resolution over a full hydrological year, generating millions of spatially explicit data points that no field campaign could ever collect…”
#borealfen #carbonemissions #climatechange #mitigation #peatland #restoration #ditchblocking #ditch #engineered #ecosystem #ecosystemrestoration #policy #planning# waterflow #water #hydrology #Finland #Matorovasuo #Kittilä #Arctic #globalcarboncycle #carboncycle #groundwater #model #modeling #hydrogeology #HydroGeoSphere #hydrology #water #hydogeomorphology #hydrologicalmodeling #rewetted #wetlands #peat #hydroorganic #gegetation #decomposition #carbonstorage #carbonrelease #watertable #dynamics #variogram #geomorphology #hydrogeomorphology #mire #peat #spatialanalysis #geology #soils #restoration #habitat #model #modeling

Grain Size And Sediment Storage Explain Why Postfire Debris Flows Are Absent In Some Mountainous Landscapes
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https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aec7923 <-- shared paper
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H/T @drew Coe | Staff Chief - Northern Region Resource Management
“We’ve speculated for years why the USGS post-fire debris flow model over-predicted debris flow likelihood in many parts of Northern California. This paper presents a mechanistic reason why…”
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“Postfire debris flow occurrence varies widely in mountainous landscapes, even under similar rainfall conditions. To understand why, [the authors] investigated two burned landscapes that experienced intense postfire rainfall: one in southern California with over 100 postfire debris flows and one in northern California with no postfire debris flows. Debris flows can initiate from bed failures that are predicted to occur when Shields stress τ* exceeds a threshold. [They] characterized τ* at the two sites, investigated bed failure, and conducted numerical experiments to identify controlling factors. Postfire increases in clear-water runoff raised τ* by up to threefold, whereas postfire reductions in channel grain size raised τ* by two orders of magnitude. No increase in runoff was required to initiate debris flows at the southern California site, yet debris flows were unlikely to initiate at the northern California site even for considerable increases in runoff. These results provide a mechanistic explanation for discrepancies in debris flow occurrence in mountainous landscapes…”
#engineeringgeology #wildfire #debrisflow #soil #geology #sediment #massmovement #postwildfire #burnarea #USGS #model #modeling #mechanistic #California #postfire #slope #drainagearea #mountain #rainfall #precipitation #water #hydrography #runoff #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #dynamic #mechanics #sheetwash #rilling

Grain Size And Sediment Storage Explain Why Postfire Debris Flows Are Absent In Some Mountainous Landscapes
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https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aec7923 <-- shared paper
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H/T @drew Coe | Staff Chief - Northern Region Resource Management
“We’ve speculated for years why the USGS post-fire debris flow model over-predicted debris flow likelihood in many parts of Northern California. This paper presents a mechanistic reason why…”
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“Postfire debris flow occurrence varies widely in mountainous landscapes, even under similar rainfall conditions. To understand why, [the authors] investigated two burned landscapes that experienced intense postfire rainfall: one in southern California with over 100 postfire debris flows and one in northern California with no postfire debris flows. Debris flows can initiate from bed failures that are predicted to occur when Shields stress τ* exceeds a threshold. [They] characterized τ* at the two sites, investigated bed failure, and conducted numerical experiments to identify controlling factors. Postfire increases in clear-water runoff raised τ* by up to threefold, whereas postfire reductions in channel grain size raised τ* by two orders of magnitude. No increase in runoff was required to initiate debris flows at the southern California site, yet debris flows were unlikely to initiate at the northern California site even for considerable increases in runoff. These results provide a mechanistic explanation for discrepancies in debris flow occurrence in mountainous landscapes…”
#engineeringgeology #wildfire #debrisflow #soil #geology #sediment #massmovement #postwildfire #burnarea #USGS #model #modeling #mechanistic #California #postfire #slope #drainagearea #mountain #rainfall #precipitation #water #hydrography #runoff #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #dynamic #mechanics #sheetwash #rilling

Grain Size And Sediment Storage Explain Why Postfire Debris Flows Are Absent In Some Mountainous Landscapes
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https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aec7923 <-- shared paper
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H/T @drew Coe | Staff Chief - Northern Region Resource Management
“We’ve speculated for years why the USGS post-fire debris flow model over-predicted debris flow likelihood in many parts of Northern California. This paper presents a mechanistic reason why…”
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“Postfire debris flow occurrence varies widely in mountainous landscapes, even under similar rainfall conditions. To understand why, [the authors] investigated two burned landscapes that experienced intense postfire rainfall: one in southern California with over 100 postfire debris flows and one in northern California with no postfire debris flows. Debris flows can initiate from bed failures that are predicted to occur when Shields stress τ* exceeds a threshold. [They] characterized τ* at the two sites, investigated bed failure, and conducted numerical experiments to identify controlling factors. Postfire increases in clear-water runoff raised τ* by up to threefold, whereas postfire reductions in channel grain size raised τ* by two orders of magnitude. No increase in runoff was required to initiate debris flows at the southern California site, yet debris flows were unlikely to initiate at the northern California site even for considerable increases in runoff. These results provide a mechanistic explanation for discrepancies in debris flow occurrence in mountainous landscapes…”
#engineeringgeology #wildfire #debrisflow #soil #geology #sediment #massmovement #postwildfire #burnarea #USGS #model #modeling #mechanistic #California #postfire #slope #drainagearea #mountain #rainfall #precipitation #water #hydrography #runoff #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #dynamic #mechanics #sheetwash #rilling

Grain Size And Sediment Storage Explain Why Postfire Debris Flows Are Absent In Some Mountainous Landscapes
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https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aec7923 <-- shared paper
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H/T @drew Coe | Staff Chief - Northern Region Resource Management
“We’ve speculated for years why the USGS post-fire debris flow model over-predicted debris flow likelihood in many parts of Northern California. This paper presents a mechanistic reason why…”
--
“Postfire debris flow occurrence varies widely in mountainous landscapes, even under similar rainfall conditions. To understand why, [the authors] investigated two burned landscapes that experienced intense postfire rainfall: one in southern California with over 100 postfire debris flows and one in northern California with no postfire debris flows. Debris flows can initiate from bed failures that are predicted to occur when Shields stress τ* exceeds a threshold. [They] characterized τ* at the two sites, investigated bed failure, and conducted numerical experiments to identify controlling factors. Postfire increases in clear-water runoff raised τ* by up to threefold, whereas postfire reductions in channel grain size raised τ* by two orders of magnitude. No increase in runoff was required to initiate debris flows at the southern California site, yet debris flows were unlikely to initiate at the northern California site even for considerable increases in runoff. These results provide a mechanistic explanation for discrepancies in debris flow occurrence in mountainous landscapes…”
#engineeringgeology #wildfire #debrisflow #soil #geology #sediment #massmovement #postwildfire #burnarea #USGS #model #modeling #mechanistic #California #postfire #slope #drainagearea #mountain #rainfall #precipitation #water #hydrography #runoff #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #dynamic #mechanics #sheetwash #rilling