#naturalresources — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #naturalresources, aggregated by home.social.
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UW Extension to host annual Harvest Wyoming Conference in Cheyenne on March 8 | Local News https://www.allforgardening.com/1934436/uw-extension-to-host-annual-harvest-wyoming-conference-in-cheyenne-on-march-8-local-news/ #AgriculturalScience #agriculture #agronomy #botany #CheyenneBotanicGardens #food #FoodIndustry #foodscaping #gardening #GardeningWyoming #HomeGardeners #horticulture #laramie #LocalBriefs #NaturalResources #PlantAgriculture #plants #PlantsAndHumans #PrimaryIndustries #PrimarySectorOfTheEconomy #UniversityOfWyomingExtension #Vegetable #wyoming
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Industrial development is fragmenting Canada’s boreal forest. Governments should think carefully about future approvals
#Canada #BorealForest #Environment #Wildlife #Peatlands #Biodiversity #Mining #OilAndGas #Forests #Wetlands #Caribou #NaturalResources
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💁🏻♀️ TIL: 🦭🚧 Neil, a 1,000 kg southern elephant #seal in #Tasmania, crushes traffic cones and barriers each year during molting season, rubbing against them to shed his coat.
Wildlife experts from Tasmania’s Department of #NaturalResources and #Environment say it’s not mischief but instinct. As Neil matures, officials warn he may become more territorial, urging fans to keep 20 m away.
👉 https://www.sciencealert.com/neil-the-seal-blows-up-in-size-and-popularity
#elephantseal #marine #mammals #animals #behavior #hobart #wildlife #science #australia
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Un tableau périodique des éléments différent ...
Le tableau périodique des éléments suivant montre la finitude des réserves naturelles d'éléments importants.
#minetosh #geology #geologie #cartoon #umwelt #environment #humour #humor #klima #climate #ClimateChange #klimawandel #wissenschaft #géologie #environnement #climat #ChangementClimatique #science #klimaschutz #ClimateProtection #ProtectionClimat #chemie #chemistry #chimie #elemente #elements #éléments #nachhaltigkeit #sustainability #durabilité #RessourcesNaturelles #NaturalResources
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A somewhat different periodic table of the elements ...
The following periodic table of the elements shows the finiteness of the natural reserves of important elements.
#minetosh #geology #geologie #cartoon #umwelt #environment #humour #humor #klima #climate #ClimateChange #klimawandel #wissenschaft #géologie #environnement #climat #ChangementClimatique #science #klimaschutz #ClimateProtection #ProtectionClimat #chemie #chemistry #chimie #elemente #elements #éléments #nachhaltigkeit #sustainability #durabilité #RessourcesNaturelles #NaturalResources
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Ein etwas anderes Periodensystem der Elemente ...
Das folgende Periodensystem der Elemente zeigt die Endlichkeit der natürlichen Vorräte an wichtigen Elementen.
#minetosh #geology #geologie #cartoon #umwelt #environment #humour #humor #klima #climate #ClimateChange #klimawandel #wissenschaft #géologie #environnement #climat #ChangementClimatique #science #klimaschutz #ClimateProtection #ProtectionClimat #chemie #chemistry #chimie #elemente #elements #éléments #nachhaltigkeit #sustainability #durabilité #RessourcesNaturelles #NaturalResources
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The [1940] World [Map] According To Standard [Oil]
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https://collections.leventhalmap.org/search/commonwealth:q524n1565 <-- shared technical article
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https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/mr-five-percent-the-complex-story-of-oil-in-middle-east/news <-- shared history/technical/article, “The complex story of oil in Middle East”
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[with the current ‘reworking’ of conflicts related to fossil fuel extraction and supplies, I thought this historic map was somewhat topical, and indicates the ongoing/continued huge reach of the massive oil companies/corporations]
#spatial #mapping #cartography #geopolitics #RichardHarrison #StandardOil #oil #fuel #fossilfuel #naturalresources #global #oilcompanies #supplychain #logistics #conflict #war #mapdesign #distortion #mapprojection #custom #projection #oildropprojection #symbology #perspective #propaganda #international #industry #corporate #influence #tankers #risk #hazard #crudeoil #profit #money
#LeventhalMaps | @Fortune -
The [1940] World [Map] According To Standard [Oil]
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https://collections.leventhalmap.org/search/commonwealth:q524n1565 <-- shared technical article
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https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/mr-five-percent-the-complex-story-of-oil-in-middle-east/news <-- shared history/technical/article, “The complex story of oil in Middle East”
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[with the current ‘reworking’ of conflicts related to fossil fuel extraction and supplies, I thought this historic map was somewhat topical, and indicates the ongoing/continued huge reach of the massive oil companies/corporations]
#spatial #mapping #cartography #geopolitics #RichardHarrison #StandardOil #oil #fuel #fossilfuel #naturalresources #global #oilcompanies #supplychain #logistics #conflict #war #mapdesign #distortion #mapprojection #custom #projection #oildropprojection #symbology #perspective #propaganda #international #industry #corporate #influence #tankers #risk #hazard #crudeoil #profit #money
#LeventhalMaps | @Fortune -
The [1940] World [Map] According To Standard [Oil]
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https://collections.leventhalmap.org/search/commonwealth:q524n1565 <-- shared technical article
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https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/mr-five-percent-the-complex-story-of-oil-in-middle-east/news <-- shared history/technical/article, “The complex story of oil in Middle East”
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[with the current ‘reworking’ of conflicts related to fossil fuel extraction and supplies, I thought this historic map was somewhat topical, and indicates the ongoing/continued huge reach of the massive oil companies/corporations]
#spatial #mapping #cartography #geopolitics #RichardHarrison #StandardOil #oil #fuel #fossilfuel #naturalresources #global #oilcompanies #supplychain #logistics #conflict #war #mapdesign #distortion #mapprojection #custom #projection #oildropprojection #symbology #perspective #propaganda #international #industry #corporate #influence #tankers #risk #hazard #crudeoil #profit #money
#LeventhalMaps | @Fortune -
The [1940] World [Map] According To Standard [Oil]
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https://collections.leventhalmap.org/search/commonwealth:q524n1565 <-- shared technical article
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https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/mr-five-percent-the-complex-story-of-oil-in-middle-east/news <-- shared history/technical/article, “The complex story of oil in Middle East”
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[with the current ‘reworking’ of conflicts related to fossil fuel extraction and supplies, I thought this historic map was somewhat topical, and indicates the ongoing/continued huge reach of the massive oil companies/corporations]
#spatial #mapping #cartography #geopolitics #RichardHarrison #StandardOil #oil #fuel #fossilfuel #naturalresources #global #oilcompanies #supplychain #logistics #conflict #war #mapdesign #distortion #mapprojection #custom #projection #oildropprojection #symbology #perspective #propaganda #international #industry #corporate #influence #tankers #risk #hazard #crudeoil #profit #money
#LeventhalMaps | @Fortune -
The [1940] World [Map] According To Standard [Oil]
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https://collections.leventhalmap.org/search/commonwealth:q524n1565 <-- shared technical article
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https://www.dailysabah.com/arts/mr-five-percent-the-complex-story-of-oil-in-middle-east/news <-- shared history/technical/article, “The complex story of oil in Middle East”
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[with the current ‘reworking’ of conflicts related to fossil fuel extraction and supplies, I thought this historic map was somewhat topical, and indicates the ongoing/continued huge reach of the massive oil companies/corporations]
#spatial #mapping #cartography #geopolitics #RichardHarrison #StandardOil #oil #fuel #fossilfuel #naturalresources #global #oilcompanies #supplychain #logistics #conflict #war #mapdesign #distortion #mapprojection #custom #projection #oildropprojection #symbology #perspective #propaganda #international #industry #corporate #influence #tankers #risk #hazard #crudeoil #profit #money
#LeventhalMaps | @Fortune -
God gave the land to the people!
#land #georgism #economics #theland #landreform #naturallaw #wealthinequality #rentseeking #naturalresources #landvaluetax -
Challenges In Comparing National Forest Statistics - Canada As A Case Study
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📑 https://pubs.cif-ifc.org/doi/abs/10.5558/tfc2026-006 <-- shared paper
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H/T Michael Wulder |Senior Research Scientist at Natural Resources Canada
“Canada is a forest nation. Its forests are spatially extensive, ecologically diverse, and of global importance. While national level forest statistics are used for international reporting and comparison, they often fail to reflect the distinctive structure and stewardship context of Canada’s forest estate, which includes millions of hectares of remote, unmanaged forests alongside actively managed zones governed by provincial and territorial stewardship frameworks...”
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#forest #Canada #national #geostatistics #forestestate #remote #unmanaged #contrast #managed #harvesting #naturalresources #resource #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #GIS #spatial #mapping #assessment #value #metrics #stewardship #management #monitoring #statistics #health #foresthealth #science
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Kom og vær med til #demonstration for #Grønland og vis din støtte, som også kan komme til udtryk gennem #danmarkskifter
I fx #København kl. 12
#usa #Greenland #disrespectful #newworldorder #naturalresources #nato #democracy #oligarchy #freedom #demonstration #demo #peace
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By Ryan Coogler, 2023
"Black Panther is a #solarpunk, #afrofuturist superhero film that helps spark discussions about three aspects of climate literacy: access to #NaturalResources, especially #RareEarthMetals like the fictional vibranium; the interconnectedness of #RacialJustice and #ClimateJustice, including one’s responsibilities to other people and nations across the globe; and the role of #GreenTechnology, including urban design, to create a #sustainable, just, and #ecological civilization."
https://www.climatelit.org/literature/black-panther/
#SolarPunkSunday #ClimateJustice #Wakanda #GreenDesign #Africa #RacialJustice #EcologicalLiteracy #SolarPunkFiction #AfroFuturism
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#InteriorDepartment Weighs Less #Conservation, More Extraction
A leaked version of the department’s five-year strategic planning document downplays conservation in favor of an approach that seeks privatization and maximize economic returns, namely through the extraction of #oil, #gas and other #naturalresources from the nation’s #publiclands.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/science/interior-department-public-land.html
https://archive.ph/bdrNk
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#BicycleCoalitionOfMaine Where to Ride in #Maine! Includes interactive routes maps!
"Are you looking for inspiration on where to ride? Maine has something to offer everyone: winding, remote country lanes, picturesque coastal routes, quiet rail trails, and miles of mountainous terrain. We’ve curated hundreds of routes, from easy and short to advanced, on and off-road, with points of interest including bike service locations, food stops, scenic views, parks, and more. The routes can sync to your smartphone or GPS device to give you reliable turn-by-turn directions.
"Whether you are a Maine resident or you are coming to ride from out of state, we all have a responsibility to Look Out for ME. Let’s work together to treat Maine’s abundant #NaturalResources with respect.
"Looking for past BikeMaine routes?
"Want the routes from the #WomenFemmes&Thems Ride Summer Series?
"Only interested in unpaved routes? You can find our 'Gravel Grinds'."
https://www.bikemaine.org/where-to-ride/
#SolarPunkSunday #BicycleSafety
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Example Of Maps Used Well In A Media Article About Greenland
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https://www.reuters.com/graphics/GREENLAND-ELECTION/MAPS/zjvqaeledvx/ <-- shared media article
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[this post is NOT about geopolitics, rather the excellent use of multiple maps to illustrate the story / situation… so no text from the article itself...]
#GIS #spatial #mapping #cartography #media #reuters #greenland #projection #visualisation #education #presentation #NorthwestPassage #NorthernSeaRoute #ice #climatechange #seaice #thaw #melting #navigation #routing #shipping #transportation #geopolitics #strategic #military #NORAD #monitoring #naturalresources #mineral #oilandgas #rareearth #indigeneous #FirstNation #size #population #area #mapprojection #marine #glacier #ocean -
Example Of Maps Used Well In A Media Article About Greenland
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https://www.reuters.com/graphics/GREENLAND-ELECTION/MAPS/zjvqaeledvx/ <-- shared media article
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[this post is NOT about geopolitics, rather the excellent use of multiple maps to illustrate the story / situation… so no text from the article itself...]
#GIS #spatial #mapping #cartography #media #reuters #greenland #projection #visualisation #education #presentation #NorthwestPassage #NorthernSeaRoute #ice #climatechange #seaice #thaw #melting #navigation #routing #shipping #transportation #geopolitics #strategic #military #NORAD #monitoring #naturalresources #mineral #oilandgas #rareearth #indigeneous #FirstNation #size #population #area #mapprojection #marine #glacier #ocean -
Example Of Maps Used Well In A Media Article About Greenland
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https://www.reuters.com/graphics/GREENLAND-ELECTION/MAPS/zjvqaeledvx/ <-- shared media article
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[this post is NOT about geopolitics, rather the excellent use of multiple maps to illustrate the story / situation… so no text from the article itself...]
#GIS #spatial #mapping #cartography #media #reuters #greenland #projection #visualisation #education #presentation #NorthwestPassage #NorthernSeaRoute #ice #climatechange #seaice #thaw #melting #navigation #routing #shipping #transportation #geopolitics #strategic #military #NORAD #monitoring #naturalresources #mineral #oilandgas #rareearth #indigeneous #FirstNation #size #population #area #mapprojection #marine #glacier #ocean -
Example Of Maps Used Well In A Media Article About Greenland
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https://www.reuters.com/graphics/GREENLAND-ELECTION/MAPS/zjvqaeledvx/ <-- shared media article
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[this post is NOT about geopolitics, rather the excellent use of multiple maps to illustrate the story / situation… so no text from the article itself...]
#GIS #spatial #mapping #cartography #media #reuters #greenland #projection #visualisation #education #presentation #NorthwestPassage #NorthernSeaRoute #ice #climatechange #seaice #thaw #melting #navigation #routing #shipping #transportation #geopolitics #strategic #military #NORAD #monitoring #naturalresources #mineral #oilandgas #rareearth #indigeneous #FirstNation #size #population #area #mapprojection #marine #glacier #ocean -
Example Of Maps Used Well In A Media Article About Greenland
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https://www.reuters.com/graphics/GREENLAND-ELECTION/MAPS/zjvqaeledvx/ <-- shared media article
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[this post is NOT about geopolitics, rather the excellent use of multiple maps to illustrate the story / situation… so no text from the article itself...]
#GIS #spatial #mapping #cartography #media #reuters #greenland #projection #visualisation #education #presentation #NorthwestPassage #NorthernSeaRoute #ice #climatechange #seaice #thaw #melting #navigation #routing #shipping #transportation #geopolitics #strategic #military #NORAD #monitoring #naturalresources #mineral #oilandgas #rareearth #indigeneous #FirstNation #size #population #area #mapprojection #marine #glacier #ocean -
Identification Of Geothermal Anomalies From Landsat Derived Land Surface Temperature, Mount Meager Volcanic Complex, British Columbia, Canada
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2025.114649 <-- shared paper
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“Highlights:
• A novel method for detecting geothermal components from solar energy dominated LST.
• Using LST time series to eliminate temporal variant solar energy input.
• Uncertainty in anomaly identification quantified by probability measure.
• Capable of revealing LST anomalies caused by geothermal, anthropogenic and surface processes..."
#GIS #spatial #mapping #britishcolumbia #BC #solar #geothermal #remotesensing #earthobservation #LST #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #naturalresources #volcanic #geology #geostatistics #landsurfacetemperature #satellite #geothermalheatflux #GHF #energybalance #calculation #model #MountMeager #Landsat #landsat8 #hotspring #landslide #massmovement #engineeringgeology #spring #seep #anthropogenic #HEP #hydropower #monitoring #risk #hazard -
Multispectral Remote Sensing Expression of Lineaments and Alteration Minerals in Part of Crystalline Rock Units of Southwestern Nigeria - Implication on Gold Prospecting
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oreoa.2025.100091 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #ASTER #Gold #Hydrothermal #HydrothermalAlteration #Lineament #Landsat #ETM #EnhancedThematicMapper #phyllic #Ilesha #schist #belt #geology #mining #Nigeria #naturalresources #mineral #mineralresources #golddeposits #aerogeophysical #remotesensing #geophysical #spatialanalysis #geomorphology #geomorphometry #alteration #propylitic #argillic #mineralogy #XRD #structuralgeology #lithology #PrincipalComponentAnalysis #PCA #prospecting #fracture #joints #faulting #Multispectral #Lineaments #Crystalline -
A Methodology For The Multitemporal Analysis Of Land Cover Changes And Urban Expansion Using Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Imagery - A Case Study Of The Aburrá Valley In Colombia
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https://doi.org/10.3390/rs17030554 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #SyntheticApertureRadar #SAR #remotesensing #multitemporalanalysis #landcover #landcoverchange #clustering #kurtosis #fuzzylogic #kernelbasedmethod #machinelearning #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #geostatistics #model #modeling #AburráValley #Columbia #urban #urbanexpansion #population #growth #topography #monitoring #satellite #sentinel #valley #landuse #distribution #infrastructure #building #roads #naturalresources #environmental #conservation #monitoring #multitemporal -
i social e facebook fanno shadowbanning? io ripubblico a manetta
petizione per il riconoscimento dello stato di palestina
_4 febbraio, webinar di amnesty international sull’ultimo rapporto dedicato al genocidio a gaza
_call for artists: “viva palestina!” @ leoncavallo, milano, febbraio 2025
e link dal 20 gennaio a oggi (i più recenti in fondo):
facts about apartheid and racism against the palestinians, and izrahell genocidal strategy
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prof. rashid khalidi about plo, izrhell, and a palestinian state
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violenza e viltà del sionismo e delle sue sturmtruppen di criminali
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shooting children in the head is wrong but israel seems not to understand that
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an updated report on the key statistics of the genocide perpetrated by the zionist criminal entity
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il cumulo di prove delle atrocità israeliane
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[r] _ documentare il genocidio ai danni del popolo palestinese, conservarne la memoria
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12 images to remember hind rajab’s story
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(e comunque:) tutti i materiali relativi a #gaza #palestina #genocidio #cisgiordania inseriti nel tempo su slowforward sono rintracciabili a questi link:
https://slowforward.net/?s=Palestina
https://slowforward.net/?s=Gaza
https://slowforward.net/?s=genocidio
https://slowforward.net/?s=cisgiordania*
link esterni a slowforward (i più recenti in fondo):
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#apartheid #assassini #cecchini #Cisgiordania #coloni #colonialism #colonizzatori #difesaDelGiornoDellaMemoria #difesaDellaShoah #ebraismo #ethnicCleansing #facebook #fedeEbraica #furtoDiTerre #Gaza #genocide #genocidio #genocidioAiDanniDelPopoloPalestinese #ghetti #ICC #icj #IDF #IOF #Israele #israelterroriststate #izrahell #landStealing #massmurders #MedioOriente #MehdiHassan #memoriaDellaShoah #MiddleEast #naturalResources #Palestina #Palestine #pogrom #politics #popoloPalestinese #puliziaEtnica #RashidKhalidi #razzisti #Resistenza #risorseNaturali #settlers #shadowbanning #Shoah #sionistiLadri #snipedchildren #snipers #social #socialNetwork #starvingcivilians #starvingpeople #StatoDiPalestina #sterminio #stupro #suprematistiBianchi #testiDiMgInRete #testiDiMgOnline #tortura #warcrimes #WestBank #zionism
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Elevation-Derived Hydrography [EDH] - The USGS’s Rich New Hydrological Features Dataset
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https://doi.org/10.2489/jswc.2024.0314A <-- shared paper
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https://pubs.usgs.gov/publication/tm11B12 <-- USGS EDH Representation, Extraction, Attribution, and Delineation Rules reference publication
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https://www.usgs.gov/3d-hydrography-program <-- shared link to the USGS 3DHP page
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[in my role, I have the pleasure of working with the valuable EDH process(es) and the data it produces on a daily basis]
#GIS #spatial #mapping #water #hydrology #hydrography #3dep #edh #3dhp #elevationderivedhydrography #opendata #elevation #dem #dtm #interpretation #waterfeatures #usecase #waterresources #floodmodeling #alignment #model #modeling #dataset #naturalresources #costs #benefits #economics #businessuse #publicdata #spatialanalysis #USA #USGS
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Funding awarded today may be utilized to plug, remediate or reclaim orphaned #oil wells on #TribalLands, restore #soil & #habitat in areas degraded due to orphaned wells, decommission or remove associated #infrastructure, identify & characterize additional undocumented wells on Tribal land, & set up well-plugging capacity where not already established.
#Biden #Harris #Interior #TribalSovereignty #Law #NaturalResources #LegacyPollution #Pollution #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange
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“Our admin is committed to reducing #LegacyPollution on #TribalLands, improving #PublicHealth, & creating economic opportunities,” said Secy #DebHaaland. “Through the President’s #InvestingInAmerica agenda, we are making millions of dollars available for Tribes to strengthen capacity & realize their vision for vibrant, healthy & #sustainable communities.”
#Biden #Harris #Interior #TribalSovereignty #Infrastructure #Law #NaturalResources #Pollution #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange
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#Biden #Harris Admin Delivers Nearly $17M from President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda to #CleanUp #LegacyPollution on #TribalLands
Bipartisan #Infrastructure #Law investments continue to help Tribes plug orphaned #oil & #gas wells, combat #ClimateChange, & protect #NaturalResources
The Dept of the #Interior today announced a $16.73M investment through President Biden’s #InvestingInAmerica agenda to assist 5 #TribalNations in cleaning up…their homelands.
#Climate
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The new #indictment …deletes all references to… fmr #DOJ ofcl #JeffreyClark.
Clark held a Senate-confirmed post as head of DOJ’s #Environmental & #NaturalResources Division [despite previously arguing for LESS regulation on carbon emissions] & was serving as the acting head of DOJ’s Civil Division [w/zero qualifications] at the end of the #Trump admin when Trump considered a plan to install Clark as acting AG.
#criminal #law #ElectionInterference #Jan6 #democracy #SupersedingIndictment
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Down on the Farm That Harvests Metal From Plants [phytomining]
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https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/26/science/metal-plants-farm.html <-- shared media article
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[I know that the USGS has some direct research ongoing in this regard; bioremediation has been around for a long time, in a sense this is a natural extension (pun very much intended)]
#farming #mining #phytomining #tailings #bioremediation #geology #mining #mininggeology #minerals #nickel #plants #vegetation #smelter #accumulating #biology #flora #agromining #metals #heavymetals #biomass #hyperaccumulators #bioore #naturalresources #minerals -
Inflation Reduction Act Accelerates USGS Effort To Collect High-Resolution Data Of Landscapes Across 25 States [3DEP LiDAR and other elevation open datasets]
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https://www.usgs.gov/news/national-news-release/inflation-reduction-act-accelerates-usgs-effort-collect-high-resolution <-- USGS news release
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #NGTOC #3DEP #elevation #lidar #ifsar #opendata #ira #infrastructure #USGS #CONUS #Alaska #topography #pointcloud #dem #costbenefit #roi #benefits #naturalresources #3delevationprogram #funding #seamless #1metre #topobathy #CoNED #tbdem #hydrospatial #bathymetry #landscapes #landcover #hydrology #riverbeds #precisionagriculture #floodmapping #flooding #ecosystems #partnerships -
#IndigenousActivists are risking their lives for #butterflies
In #CentralMexico’s forests, armed community members defend an iconic butterfly from cartel-backed logging.
By Anjan Sundaram Dec 20, 2023
"Every winter, northwest of Mexico City, the branches of the Oyamel fir trees ignite in orange, colored by the wings of #MonarchButterflies that have made the epic journey south from Canada and the United States.
"The forest is home to the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve, created by presidential decree in 1986 and designated as a Unesco World Heritage site in 2008. The reserve shelters nearly 90 percent of the region’s over-wintering monarch butterfly population.
"Despite the fact that the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve is internationally protected, decades of degradation of the forest have posed an existential threat to this fragile ecosystem. Over the past four decades, the number of winter roosting sites for the butterflies in the reserve has fallen by over 50 percent, driven in part by illegal logging.
"After researchers found that 10 percent of total canopy cover had been lost between 2001 and 2012, the Mexican government ramped up enforcement of laws prohibiting logging. Government raids on illegal sawmills in the reserve sharply reduced logging. Yet according to an analysis by the World Wildlife Fund, the rate of forest degradation in the reserve tripled in 2022.
"To protect these forests — one of the few remaining wintering refuges for migrating monarchs — the local #Mazahua Indigenous community in Crescencio Morales has established its own security force.
"As these self-described forest defenders from Crescensio Morales fight to protect the monarch butterfly’s refuge, Indigenous leaders took the global stage at the United Nations annual climate change summit in Dubai to wage this battle on a second front: to convince world leaders to recognize the dangers environmental land defenders, particularly in Latin America, face and to build stronger mechanisms to support them.
"Around the world, environmental activists face increasing violence
"As their weapons indicate, the world’s environmental defenders need defending. Every day, the councils of Crescencio Morales’ guardia comunales work in shifts, patrolling their community as well as the boundary of the Monarch Biosphere Reserve. They say they are threatened by #sicarios, cartel #hitmen, who also benefit from the #IllegalTrade, and are allied with clandestine loggers who camp in the surrounding forests. The guardia comunales run well-armed patrols through their territories to prevent the sicarios from expanding their territories and cutting down the precious Oyamel fir trees.
"These conflicts put environmental #activists at great risk. Mexican president Andrés Manuel López Obrador has promised to stop such violence, but the country remains among the world’s deadliest for those defending its pristine ecosystems. In January 2020, the body of the anti-logging activist and monarch butterfly defender #HomeroGómezGonzalez was found in a community near Crescencio. Activists suspect his death was connected to illegal logging disputes, the Guardian reported.
"The pressures that Mexico’s Indigenous activists face are emblematic of similar conflicts arising globally. Communities like Crescencio Morales are on the front lines of a battle to protect their local environment from a mounting scramble for natural resources, amplified by corruption.
"Members of Crescencio Morales’s community told me that in addition to fighting the illegal loggers, they also protect their forested mountains from #mining companies seeking to extract #gold, #silver, and #copper — #minerals now in high demand as the world transitions to clean energy technologies.
Land defenders around the world — in countries including Mexico, #Brazil, The Democratic Republic of the #Congo, and the #Philippines — face increasing violence as they defend their territories, according to #GlobalWitness, an accountability nonprofit that studies the link between #NaturalResources, #conflict, and #corruption. A 2023 investigation by the organization found that nearly 2,000 #activists have been killed over the last decade for their efforts to protect the planet, many of them from Indigenous communities trying to preserve their ecological heritage."The majority of recorded killings of #LandDefenders in 2022 took place in #LatinAmerica, making the continent perhaps the most dangerous place for #EnvironmentalDefense.
"#IndigenousLands include some of the planet’s most threatened landscapes
"The Mexican constitution protects the right of Indigenous communities’ self-determination — which, among other forms of #sovereignty, allows them to govern their land communally. In 2023, more than 50 percent of Mexico’s land fell under these legal regimes, termed #TierraComunal or #TierraEjidal — which roughly translates to communal land. This, according to a study by the Rights and Resources Initiative, is the highest percentage of land collectively owned by Indigenous and local communities of any country in the #Americas.
"This unique aspect of #MexicanIndigenous heritage means that broad swaths of land in Mexico remain protected. Yet mounting effects from climate change as well as political and economic pressures mean that some of Mexico’s Indigenous communities have been forced to block highways in protest and appeal for help to protect themselves, their communities, their ecosystems, and their way of life.
"#Mexico’s unique legal regime is especially important for Crescencio Morales because it offers communities in the area, with deep historical and cultural ties to the monarch butterflies, the legal authority to protect the reserve. But the law can only do so much to protect the refuge and its migrating butterflies from illegal logging pressure.
"To prevent destruction of the Monarch Biosphere Reserve, Indigenous activists have taken their security and that of the butterflies’ precious trees into their own hands. When I visited Crescencio Morales earlier this year, I walked with a community policeman named Aurelio during an armed patrol along his community’s border. (We are withholding his identity and using a pseudonym to protect him from being targeted by local violence.) At the summit of one of the hills surrounding the community, Aurelio told me Crescencio Morales had been forced to arm itself to protect its people, butterflies, and #Forests.
"The security situation in towns such as #CrescencioMorales is complex. According to other community leaders I spoke with this year, who wished to remain anonymous due to security risks, the locals did not trust the army or the state police, which they often suspected of cutting business deals with the cartels. Armed security volunteers who protected the community from #taladores, the illegal loggers, patrolled their town in pickup trucks.
"These hyperlocal battles — on highways and in open warfare by the #GuardiasComunales — have larger stakes: Mexican Indigenous environmental activists are defending landscapes that have implications for global #biodiversity. Without their efforts, environmentalists fear systemic #deforestation from illegal logging, which would not only destroy habitat for vulnerable species but also increase the #GreenhouseGas emissions that further drive #ClimateChange. And without the preservation of the Crescencio Morales Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve, an important chain in a migration that connects ecosystems from Canada to Mexico would be severed."
Full article:
https://www.vox.com/climate/24006471/cop28-rising-danger-environmental-activism#ForestDefenders #JusticeForHomero #DirectAction #CriminalizingDissent #DefendTheForest #IndigenousRights #Extinction #EnvironmentalActivists #ClimateActivists #ClimateJustice #Fascism #DirectAction #SilencingDissent #CorporateColonialism #EcoActivists
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On June 22, 2023, a UK judge dismissed the case against #SizewellC, threatening a fragile heritage site.
From the TASC website: "#SizewellC and all its supporting infrastructure will devastate untold acres of the wildlife-rich Suffolk Coast and Heaths AONB and its SSSI, as well as irreparably damaging RSPB Minsmere. The area, a 30 mile radius around the site, will change from rural tranquillity to brutal #Industrialisation."
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The poor South is being exploited so that the rich North can transition to environmental sustainability. Entire swaths of land are being destroyed to secure the resources needed to produce wind turbines and solar cells. Are there alternatives?
Mining the Planet to Death: The Dirty Truth About Clean Technologies
#ClimateNegotiations #ClimateChange #GermanEnergyRevolution #Environment #OffshoreWindParks #WindEnergy #SolarPower #EnergyandNaturalResources #NaturalResources #RenewableEnergy #World
