"Old-growth forests store 83% more carbon than managed forests."
So let's treat the ancient forests we still have as precious gems!
"Old-growth forests store 83% more carbon than managed forests."
So let's treat the ancient forests we still have as precious gems!
Understand life scientifically.
Did you know that there has been the same amount of #water on #Earth for billions of years?
All it does is change shape and location.
Note the graph that shows 96.5% of all water is in the #ocean, 2.5% being #freshwater, of which 1.2% of that is on the surface, of which 0.26% of that is in #LivingThings.
It is ancient; we are a blip. It is overwhelmingly huge; we are but a speck. #RespectWater
More details from #USGS: https://www.usgs.gov/special-topics/water-science-school/science/where-earths-water
"Water, Water, Everywhere..." You've heard the phrase, and for water, it really is true. Earth's water is (almost) everywhere: above the Earth in the air and clouds and on the surface of the Earth in rivers, oceans, ice, plants, and in living organisms. But did you know that water is also inside the Earth? Read on to learn more.
We speak with glaciologist David Bahr, who co-authored a shocking new study this week revealing Greenland’s melting ice sheet will likely contribute almost a foot to global sea level rise by the end of the century. The report, published in the journal Nature Climate Change, finds that even if the world were to halt all greenhouse gas emissions today, 120 trillion tons of Greenland’s “zombie ice” are doomed to melt. Bahr says if global emissions continue to rise, global sea level rise just from Greenland glacial melt could reach two-and-a-half feet. “The faster we can get to net zero, the better we will all be,” he says.