Most of Europe’s original natural #forests have been transformed for agriculture and managed forests producing energy, paper and timber.

The few remaining “old-growth” natural forests are relics of the past that illustrate how forests would have looked in the absence of human management.

Most Swedish forests are so-called #boreal forests.

This type of coniferous woodland #ecosystem encompasses most of the northern regions of the planet.

After mapping and measuring the most natural old-growth forests in Sweden, scientists found that they differ much more from managed forests than previously thought, even if some of those managed forests looked old.

Old-growth forests store 78-89% more #carbon than managed forests do, a difference in carbon storage larger than Sweden’s cumulative emissions from the combustion of fossil fuels since 1834.

These new results underscores the much larger carbon storage benefits that flow from protecting forests than using them to produce bioenergy and wood products.

#climate #nature #ecology #biological
https://theconversation.com/swedens-old-growth-natural-forests-store-83-more-carbon-than-managed-woodlands-new-study-277150

Global demand for wood products is increasing, as are calls for protecting tropical #forests from #deforestation.

In #boreal regions, where much of the #forest has not been previously logged, demand has led to clear-cutting of old, primary forest.

In a new paper, scientists assess the potential impacts of clearing primary boreal forests by comparing the carbon storage of primary and secondary (previously logged) forests in Sweden.

Including vegetation, dead wood, wood products, and soils, primary forests store over 70% more carbon than secondary forests, a difference several times greater than previous estimates.

These results reveal previously underappreciated value in protecting primary boreal forests.

#climate #ecology #biological
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adz8554

Have We Entered #SolarMaximum? It Looks Like It : Medium

Your #Biological #Clock is More Complex Than You Think : Misc

Global #Sea levels have been underestimated due to poor #Modelling, #Research suggests : Guardian

Latest #KnowledgeLinks

https://knowledgezone.co.in/resources/bookmarks

In this #HotTake I will get #wild with my #thoughts on a couple of key #topics of #interest here.

Starting with #consensual #sexuality as a whole.

All forms of #government need to stop making #laws that prohibit how people live their lives as a #group by any #culture #background #race or #creed indeed.

Secondly, when it comes to the topic of #gender state very clearly your #biological preference on your own terms. Let #organizations choose what those are, not arbitrarily but actually as such.

Blueface Denies AGAIN He's the Biological Dad of Chrisean's Son

https://misryoum.com/us/us24/blueface-denies-again-hes-the-biological-dad-of/

Blueface Chrisean Jr. Ain't My Kid ... Get It Through your Head!!! Published March 7, 2026 5:38 AM PST Blueface is driving home the point he's NOT the biological dad of two-year-old Chrisean Jr. -- the son of his...

#Blueface #Denies #AGAIN #Hes #the #Biological #Dad #Chriseans #Son #US_News_Hub #misryoum_com

#Chile becomes the first country in the Americas and only the second in the world to officially #eliminate #leprosy 🇨🇱
#Sweden sees its number of #shooting #incidents more than halve 🇸🇪
Landowners in #Costa #Rica are creating the country's first-ever voluntary #biological #corridor 🇨🇷

and much more in our new issue 👇

https://squirrel-news.net/chile-is-the-second-country-globally-to-end-leprosy-shootings-in-sweden-drop-by-63-voluntary-wildlife-corridors/

#Russian #glaciers are melting, revealing enormous #biological remains that shouldn't be there

https://patreon.com/posts/russian-glaciers-152344751

https://odysee.com/@kult:e/Russian-glaciers-are-melting-revealing-enormous-biological-remains-that-shouldn't-be-there:7