Daniele de Rigo · @dderigo
181 followers · 210 posts · Server hostux.social

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news.harvard.edu/gazette/story

:
"First, the in regions become more intense, and, because of the tremendous heat being generated, , which has stored carbon for thousands of years, can start to burn and contribute massive amounts of carbon to the air.
That carbon will take at least another 1,000 years to go back into the peat.

Second, in boreal regions, fires can thaw , beginning a cascade of microbial processes that may also generate "

#ClimateChange #fires #boreal #peat #permafrost #greenhousegases

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sells a billion rolls of toilet paper each year. It's the company's best-selling item. Stacked on top of each other, those rolls would soar to heights of 300 million feet -- the same as 240,000 Empire State Buildings.

But those rolls don't come from thin air. They're chopped from the and flushed away to infinity.

4/5

vancouversun.com/news/canada/u

#boreal #costco

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**Fungal community dynamics in coarse woody debris across decay stage, tree species, and stand development stage in northern boreal forests**

cdnsciencepub.com/doi/10.1139/

#coarsewoodydebris #fungi #Metabarcoding #forestry #boreal #canada

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is urging the company to start by committing to cut the amount of virgin wood fibers in its tissue products in half by 2025.

Nothing we use for a few minutes should lead to the destruction of something as timeless and priceless as North America's .

- Environmental Action



🦌

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environmental-action.webaction

#protectourwildlife #stopnativeforestlogging #standupforforests #forest #boreal #environmentalaction

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Consider &Gamble (P&G), the parent company of , , and more: About 40% of the wood pulp that &G uses for its North American paper products comes from , where the industry's chainsaws are busy chipping away at the .

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pginvestor.com/esg/environment

#p #procter #boreal #timber #Canada #bounty #puffs #charmin

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It's a vast and amazing place. Yet if history teaches anything, it's this: What evolves over millennia, people can destroy in an instant.

Today, only a fraction of the is protected. The pace of is increasing. πŸͺ΅

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borealscience.org/boreal/threa

#logging #boreal #nature

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As the 's billions of breathe in and breathe out , the forest rivals the for its role in cooling our overheated . 🌳

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phys.org/news/2022-11-subarcti

#planet #amazon #oxygen #carbondioxide #trees #boreal

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PhoenixSerenity · @msquebanh
1770 followers · 23434 posts · Server mastodon.sdf.org

In June, was due to .
The community is near the coast and surrounded by the forest and peatlands.
Community members shared photos and videos on social media of massive smoke plumes above the forest's edge, with the low-lying nearby.

cbc.ca/amp/1.6900020

#fortalbany #firstnation #evacuated #wildfires #cree #jamesbay #boreal #Peatlands

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anlomedad · @anlomedad
475 followers · 2965 posts · Server mst.mineown.de

I think, most forest will burn during adaption to an ever-new environment until a new equilibrium is found long after .
Maybe, we can use a progress bar toward 100% area burned?
"Installing climate change... please wait while nature updates its registry..."

#boreal #co2zero

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Jonathan Reeve Price · @jonathanreeveprice
20 followers · 151 posts · Server newsie.social

Wildfires in Quebec, spreading smoke across the Atlantic.

#climate #warming #fire #boreal #forest #peat #global #weathermap

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Rick Thoman · @AlaskaWx
1812 followers · 19 posts · Server alaskan.social

Re- time: I've been fascinated by & , and all my life and have worked as a weather & climate professional for 40 years in private, public & academic roles. I'm grateful to live in since 1980s & for the past 33 years on Tanana Dene lands near Fairbanks. Major interest in Alaska Indigenous languages and support/promote at every opportunity. I'm strongly pro-kindness and anti-troll. Previous Mastodon account: AlaskaWx@mastodon.social

#arctic #boreal #weather #climate #cultures #alaska #introduction

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Dezene Huber 🌻 · @dezene
861 followers · 1257 posts · Server ecoevo.social

Time for a regular reminder that we're very close to several .

🧊 .
🌲 .
πŸ‡¬πŸ‡± ice sheet collapse.
🐧 ice sheet collapse.
πŸͺΈLow latitude death.

Explainer πŸ”— carbonbrief.org/global-warming

Peer reviewed πŸ”— science.org/doi/10.1126/scienc

#Climate #tipping #points #arctic #winter #sea #ice #collapse #boreal #permafrost #thaw #Greenland #west #Antarctic #coral #reef

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Daniele de Rigo · @dderigo
115 followers · 131 posts · Server hostux.social

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In "adapted to frequent or intense , such as and , the growing occurrence of extreme wildfires has caused severe disruptions and hampered ecosystems’ natural capacity [...] In the Russian Federation [...], the extent of forestland affected by wildfires increased over fivefold between 2001 and 2021" [3]

"Wildfires also increasingly occur where natural fire activity is rare, such as in " [3]

#ecosystems #wildfires #boreal #mediterranean #forests #regeneration #tropicalrainforests #ClimateChange

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PhoenixSerenity · @msquebanh
1306 followers · 12501 posts · Server mastodon.sdf.org
RashaKamel · @RashaKamel
105 followers · 342 posts · Server mstdn.science

"Boreal fires, which typically account for 10% of global fire carbon dioxide emissions, contributed 23% in 2021, a new study reports".


eurekalert.org/news-releases/9

#boreal #fires #co2 #emissions

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Brian Jopek · @BrianJopek
1229 followers · 5344 posts · Server home.social

Sea smoke around a peninsula in Michigan’s Boreal Forest along Lake Superior just after sunrise, 12 February, 2023. Photo by Ken Harmon.
Superior

#lake #boreal #greatlakes

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LM Little · @miki_lou
277 followers · 1704 posts · Server mastodon.social
Chuixiang (Tree) Yi · @TreeYi
10 followers · 1559 posts · Server mastodon.world

RT @VVandvik
Job alert 2 - RT! Fully funded fellowship in with @bjenquist, @BjerknesBCCR and others to undestand the role of in ecosystem carbon storage in and ecosystems
jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs

#phd #ecosystems #ecology #ericaceous #dwarfshrubs #boreal #alpine #arctic

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Brian J. Enquist · @bjenquist
1245 followers · 445 posts · Server mastodon.social

RT @VVandvik@twitter.com

Job alert 2 - RT! Fully funded fellowship in with @bjenquist@twitter.com, @BjerknesBCCR@twitter.com and others to undestand the role of in ecosystem carbon storage in and ecosystems
jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs

πŸ¦πŸ”—: twitter.com/VVandvik/status/16

#phd #ecosystems #ecology #ericaceous #dwarfshrubs #boreal #alpine #arctic

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Vigdis Vandvik · @VVandvik
501 followers · 262 posts · Server ecoevo.social

Job alert 2 - RT! Fully funded fellowship in with @bjenquist@twitter.com, @BjerknesBCCR@twitter.com and others to undestand the role of in ecosystem carbon storage in and ecosystems
jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs

#phd #ecosystems #ecology #ericaceous #dwarfshrubs #boreal #alpine #arctic

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