#vegetation — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #vegetation, aggregated by home.social.
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@b59r I used to fear such places when I was still young,but currently I admire to staying in such cool places.
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Schwarze Erde, verkohlte Stümpfe - und doch kein Ende: Der Wald in Sundern-Stemel erholt sich schneller als man denkt.#WDR #Waldbrand #Vegetation #Bäume #Grün #Pflanzen #Wald #Baumarten #Mischwald #NRW
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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 -
💁🏻♀️ TIL: 🐗🐇 On #Okunoshima, #Japan’s #bunny island, tourist feeding has pushed the #ecosystem past its limits.
Visitors bring roughly 27 tons of #food in peak seasons, far beyond the roughly 3.4 tons the #island can sustain, thinning #vegetation and driving #rabbits to toxic #plants. Wild #boars now hunt rabbits, but the real issue is the feeding system itself.
👉 https://www.zmescience.com/ecology/animals-ecology/japan-rabbit-island-boars-tourists/
#ecology #wildlife #tourism #ecosystem #conservation #overpopulation #nature #science #animals
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Livestock landscaping: Vermont ski areas employ goats and sheep to clear the slopes https://www.allforgardening.com/1928652/livestock-landscaping-vermont-ski-areas-employ-goats-and-sheep-to-clear-the-slopes/ #Areas #Climate #environment #experiment #GardeningVermont #gas #goats #grass #Jay #magic #Mountain #mowers #Mowing #news #Peak #plants #Powered #resorts #sheep #ski #skiing #slopes #sustainability #vegetation #vermont #wcax
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Bountiful Roebuck Bay 🌎🛰️
#Oceans #Topography #Vegetation
▶️ 1 new picture from NASA (Website) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bountiful_Roebuck_Bay_%281274788_-_oli_20260318%29.jpg
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Are Colorado Moose Invasive? New Research Says NO
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https://www.colorado.edu/asmagazine/2026/06/18/are-colorado-moose-invasive-new-research-says-no <-- shared technical article
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https://youtu.be/orpLT22YnKQ?si=aThWWjMhKOUELwuv <-- shared overview video
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https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.70279 <-- shared paper
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“The modern Colorado moose is often considered just that: modern - brought to the state by wildlife officials in the late 1970s, preceded by very occasional reports of moose sightings in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
Since being translocated to Colorado, these charismatic megafauna have been a source of both fascination and concern. In Rocky Mountain National Park [RMNP], where moose populations have thrived, ecosystems have been changing, and moose-associated impacts have sparked renewed conversations about managing an animal labeled “non-native.”
However, newly published research [link above] by an interdisciplinary team of scientists, archivists and Tribal cultural heritage leaders shows that the “non-native” label is inaccurate. They present evidence demonstrating that moose have been in Colorado for at least centuries and likely longer.
The researchers analyzed newspaper archives, archaeological site reports, scientific journals, museum collections and photo archives to understand where and when moose were present in Colorado prior to the mid-1900s. Perhaps most importantly, notes lead author William Taylor, a University of Colorado Boulder associate professor of anthropology and CU Museum curator of archaeology, the scholars sought Indigenous histories, and in doing so found evidence of moose being well known and deeply integrated into traditional knowledge of Native people in the southern Rockies.
Crystal C’Bearing, a study co-author and Northern Arapaho Tribal Historic Preservation Officer, notes that among the Northern Arapaho, "the moose is considered a valued commodity among the Tribe.” She adds that societies within the Northern Arapaho "utilize many animals, including moose, in their clothing, society items and regalia. This tradition continues today."
The scholarly approach of joining Indigenous knowledge with historical accounts, archaeology and paleontology, "shows the power of multiple independent lines of evidence converging on the conclusion that moose were part of southern Rocky Mountain ecosystems long before modern reintroductions," says study co-author Jonathan Dombrosky of Crow Canyon Archaeological Center and the University of Alabama. "More broadly, the study demonstrates how historical sciences can help us better understand the origins of modern ecosystems and make more informed decisions about their future…"
#moose #populations #Colorado #USA #native #invasive #introduced #nonnative #translocated #megafauna #herbivore #ungulate #impacts #ecosystems #environment #vegetation #native #indigenous #tribal #FirstNation #archaeology #paleontology #symbology #reporting #historicalscience #history #RockyMountain #Rockies #regional #prehistory #Holocene #biogeography #archaeozoological #modern #premodern #management #archivists -
2026-07-05 : à l'ouest de Bordeaux, de la végétation verte
https://worldview.earthdata.nasa.gov/?v=-1.8016287330545033,44.17972607421595,0.3130500223641972,45.602432555288544&t=2026-07-05-T16%3A00%3A00Z2026-08-07 : à l'ouest de Bordeaux, c'est tout cramé (planter une meme essence de résineux n'a pas aidé)
https://worldview.earthdata.nasa.gov/?v=-1.8016287330545016,44.17972607421595,0.31305002236419543,45.602432555288544&t=2026-08-07-T10%3A00%3A00Z#Satellite #France #Géographie #Sécheresse #ChangementClimatique #Environnement #DérèglementClimatique #Sécheresse2026 #Foret #Silviculture #Agriculture #Végétation #Feu #Incendi #Bordeaux
#Environment #Earth #EarthViews #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #NASA #WorldView #Fire #FireDamage -
The Latest Data Confirms - Forest Fires Are Getting Worse
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https://www.wri.org/insights/global-trends-forest-fires <-- shared technical article
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http://alturl.com/efp6m <-- shared (focused) #GlobalNatureWatch web map
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https://science.nasa.gov/earth/explore/wildfires-and-climate-change/ <-- shared NASA technical article, ‘Wildfires and Climate Change’
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https://doi.org/10.3389/frsen.2022.825190 <-- shared paper
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https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2505418122 <-- shared paper
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https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/add606 <-- shared paper
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https://globalnaturewatch.org/dashboards/global/ <-- shared Global Nature Watch dashboard
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https://youtu.be/-0-pv1Bqm-U?si=IHcZJNiVphosbeVt <-- shared overview video
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https://grist.org/wildfires/the-us-has-lost-a-quarter-of-its-forest-cover-to-fire-since-2001/ <-- shared technical article, ‘Fire is responsible for a quarter of US forest loss since 2021’
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https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/29/climate/wri-report-forest-loss.html <-- shared media article
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H/T @ World Resources Institute
[‘topical’ - Europe, North America, indeed globally, more & more…]
“New data shows that forest fires are getting worse, burning more than twice as much tree cover today as they did 20 years ago, largely due to climate change…
The latest data [2nd link above] confirms [that] forest fires are becoming more widespread and destructive around the globe. Updated data from researchers [3rd link above] shows that between 2001 and 2025 forest fires now burn over twice as much tree cover each year as they did two decades ago, and more than three times as much in the tropics.
This increased fire activity has been starkly visible in recent years. Record-setting blazes are becoming the norm, with four of the five worst years for global forest fires occurring since 2021. As fires worsen - including in historically low-risk areas, like rainforests - they are becoming an increasingly prevalent driver of global forest loss…”
#GlobalForestWatch #GlobalNatureWatch #deforestation #fire #wildfire #forest #vegetation #climatechange #risk #hazard #loss #ecosystems #GIS #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #earthobservation #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #global #worldwide #forestfire #damage #destruction #fireactivity #forestLOSS
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The Paradox of Lençóis Maranhenses National Park 🌎🛰️
#LandCover #Topography #Vegetation
▶️ 1 new picture from NASA (Website) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Paradox_of_Len%C3%A7%C3%B3is_Maranhenses_National_Park_%281273633_-_lencois_oli_20260608%29.jpg
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La France jaune ! 🌍️🟢➡️🟡
2026-05-25 : végétation très verte
https://worldview.earthdata.nasa.gov/?v=-9.609368735398759,40.014694818626104,9.540121865763139,52.89802488363048&t=2026-05-25-T10%3A49%3A23Z2026-06-22 : végétation qui commençait déjà à jaunir
https://worldview.earthdata.nasa.gov/?v=-9.609368735398759,40.014694818626104,9.540121865763139,52.89802488363048&t=2026-06-22-T10%3A39%3A51Z2026-08-01 : végétation globalement jaunie
https://worldview.earthdata.nasa.gov/?v=-9.609368735398759,40.014694818626104,9.540121865763139,52.89802488363048&t=2026-08-01-T10%3A49%3A23Z#Satellite #France #Géographie #Sécheresse #ChangementClimatique #Environnement #DérèglementClimatique #Sécheresse2026 #Foret #Agriculture #Végétation
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La France jaune ! 🌍🟢➡️🟡
2025-08-11 : végétation verte, légèrement jaunie par endroit
https://worldview.earthdata.nasa.gov/?v=-9.609368735398759,40.014694818626104,9.540121865763139,52.89802488363048&t=2025-08-11-T10%3A39%3A51Z2026-08-01 : végétation globalement jaunie (et cramée par endroit, notamment à l'ouest de Bordeaux)
https://worldview.earthdata.nasa.gov/?v=-9.609368735398759,40.014694818626104,9.540121865763139,52.89802488363048&t=2026-08-01-T10%3A49%3A23Z#Satellite #France #Géographie #Sécheresse #ChangementClimatique #Environnement #DérèglementClimatique #Sécheresse2026 #Foret #Agriculture #Végétation
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New Zealand’s Southern Wilderness 🌎🛰️
▶️ 1 new picture from NASA (Website) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:New_Zealand%E2%80%99s_Southern_Wilderness_%281272073_-_StewartIsland_20100703%29.jpg
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💁🏻♀️ TIL: Researchers in #Brazil reconstructed 3.3 million years of #tropical #vegetation #history and projected changes by 2050.
They found that #climatechange could produce #ecosystem shifts within decades that took millions of years to unfold naturally. Species that evolved in stable tropical refuges, including much of the Malay #Archipelago, face the highest risk from this compression of change over time.
#climate #amazon #biodiversity #deforestation #globalwarming #ecology #science #ufmg #machinelearning #conservation
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L’impact de Chicxulub
🔸 Il y a environ 66 millions d'années, un impact d'astéroïde a anéanti les trois quarts de toutes les espèces végétales et animales sur Terre, détruisant notamment les dinosaures.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/07/dust-cloud-from-dino-killing-asteroid-charbroiled-the-earth/
#science #paléontologie #astéroïde #impact #vue #arstechnica #Chicxulub #Mexique #pollution #poussière #extinction #Terre #géologie #dinosaures #animaux #végétation #ère -
Sacred Sites As Refuges For Native Plant Diversity In An Urbanized Tropical Landscape [Madagascar]
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s44284-026-00489-x <-- shared paper
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H/T @nicolas Salliou | Senior scientist at ETH Zürich
“When [the authors] investigated the potential for blue-green infrastructures for the capital of Madagascar,… a large team surveyed plant communities along a rural-urban gradient.
They found that 12 Malagasy "sacred" hill settlements, situated in the core of a pre-colonial kingdom, are particularly precious as they host a high diversity of native plants. A key insights when one considers that Madagascar is a unique hotspot for biodiversity and human cultures…”
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“In fragmented and intensively managed remnant urban green spaces, enabling natural regeneration is crucial to sustain ecosystem functioning and associated services. Natural regeneration therefore offers an important lens into ecological resilience in human-modified landscapes. Here [the authors] present one of the most comprehensive field-based assessments of urban plant diversity in the Afrotropics, comprising over 25,000 naturally regenerating woody plant individuals of 206 species (39% native) across 329 vegetation patches in Antananarivo, Madagascar. Landscape-level native species diversity declined with greater building complexity, density and socio-economic development, whereas exotic species showed no consistent associations with determinants of urban characteristics. Native species richness was highest in ‘sacred’ forest fragments, many of which contain historic remains dating back to pre-colonial times. Notably, seven of the ten most species-rich patches were located in such sites. [Their] findings highlight the potentially important role of these sites in sustaining native species diversity and indicate how socio-cultural factors can present both opportunities and barriers for tropical urban conservation and restoration...”
#sacredsites #antananarivo #madagascar #vegetation #nativeplant #urban #greenspace #tropical #hillsettlements #spatialanalysis #survey #ecosystem #biodiversity #ecology #regeneration #humanimpacts #GIS #spatial #mapping #afrotropics #forest #forestfragments #precolonial #sustainability #diversity #native #sociocultural #restoration -
👍 "Plantes urbaines du Québec" : un nouveau livre de Martine Lapointe pour identifier 70 espèces communes dans nos villes
https://cltr.blogspot.com/2026/07/plantes-urbaines-du-quebec.html
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Busy Beavers - The Turbidity Signature Of Ecosystem Engineers At Work
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https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.70661 <-- shared paper
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H/T @alan Puttock
“Beavers are the quintessential ecosystem engineers. In slow-flowing streams, they create complex wetlands with ponds by building dams and canals that can positively impact biodiversity, hydrology and water quality. These activities can interchangeably capture or release sediment along the watercourse. To date this has not been quantified at the resolution of rainfall events or beaver activity. This study used 15-min frequency, sustained monitoring upstream and downstream of a newly establishing beaver wetland to measure episodic changes in water turbidity at an event resolution. Monitoring showed no significant differences between upstream and downstream turbidity over 160 days when the first pair of beavers, known not to be building dams or canals, were resident. Shortly after introduction of another beaver pair, however, dam building, burrows and canal excavations were quickly observed, resulting in the creation of a complex beaver wetland between 2021 and 2024. Monitoring over 375 days during this period showed significant differences. Downstream turbidity was significantly higher overall than upstream: 13.1 Nephelometric Turbidity Units (NTU) compared to 4.2 NTU. Stochastic spikes in downstream turbidity during the study period not recorded upstream were associated with dam building and burrowing. Overall, there was no significant difference in turbidity loads, which was at least partially explained by a reduction in discharge downstream, particularly in higher flows, during the dam building period. This demonstrates a complex system with the trapping of influent sediment, the storing of water and the periodic release of beaver wetland sediment leading to net balance in loads. These results help provide context for other studies which have used temporally discrete sampling campaigns rather than continuous high-frequency monitoring. They provide a unique insight into the downstream impacts of a rapidly developing beaver wetland over its first three and a half years in a landscape that hasn't had beavers for over 400 years…"
#hydromorphic #water #hydrology #dam #beaverdam #waterquality #biodiversity #ecology #benefits #NatureBasedSolutions #Wetlands #Ecology #Biodiversity #EnvironmentalScience #Wildlife #Ecosystem #bioviversity #conservation #restoration #landscaperecovery #floodmanagement #FloodMitigation #flooding #energy #floodrisk #sustainability #wetlands #hydrography #dams #impoundment #deadwood #waterresources #landscapeengineer #benefits #vegetation #ecology #ecosystem #riversystemsstabilisation #naturalwaterregulation #resilience #valleysreborn #fisheries #invertebrates #extremeweather #floodflows #sediment #baseflow #drought #landmanagement #naturalsystems #landuse #monitoring #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal -
The Quick Drought Response Index (QuickDRI) is intended to complement the Vegetation Drought Response Index (VegDRI at https://vegdri.unl.edu/). QuickDRI was designed to detect the effects of drought at time intervals of a month or less.
QuickDRI shows driest conditions in parts of the Western U.S. and the wettest in the Deep South.
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The Vegetation Drought Response Index (VegDRI) for July 12, 2026 indicates extremely dry conditions in the Carolinas and parts of Florida and Arkansas. Parts of the Western US are very dry also.
