Missing the forest for the trees. Forests are not just stands of trees, there are layers of complexity intertwining with each other, with complex vegetation structure, deadwood, epiphytes, beds of bryophytes and lichen, more open light regimes and more shaded ones interwoven like a story.
#forest #woodland #nature #microbiome #microclimate #naturephotography
Very small #mites are subject of my research as they are associated with other arthropods (#phoretic#dispersal), and even #influence the #microclimate in their #habitats in complex ways, by fungal #spore transport+chemical fungal growth regulation via own #fungicides. #Histiostoma #sapromyzarum is subject of my current#Behance project exploring it also #aestheticslly.
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Small persistent humid forest clearings drive tropical forest biomass losses
"Tropical forests store about half of the global forest above ground carbon (AGC), yet extensive areas are affected by disturbances, such as deforestation from agricultural expansion and degradation from fires, selective logging, and edge effects...Findings highlight the disproportionate impact of small clearings on tropical carbon losses, suggesting the need to curb land-use changes and protect young and recovering forests."
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Xu, Y., Ciais, P., Santoro, M. et al. Small persistent humid forest clearings drive tropical forest biomass losses. Nature 649, 375–380 (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-09870-7 (paywall)
#Deforestation #Climate #LoggingImpacts #degradation #FCNSW #NSWLogging #PostHarvestBurn #DeliberatelyBurningAForest #EPA #MicroClimate #bushfires #NativeForests #AGC #BookkeepingApproach #ESA #TropicalForests #biodiversity
#microclimate impacts of man made systems are shifting with the #climatecrisis . We are seeing it now.
It's the small changes that add up to big ones.
https://phys.org/news/2026-01-overlooked-threat-trigger-temperature-driven.html
A new study published in Communications Biology reveals a critical, yet previously overlooked, environmental consequence of man-made dams constructed across rivers and streams. By investigating a key indicator species of ecosystem health, the brown trout (Salmo trutta), researchers from the Estonian University of Life Sciences and the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences demonstrated that small river impoundments significantly elevate water temperatures and drastically increase the pathogenic impact of Proliferative Kidney Disease (PKD).
zone 6a. Looking for diys to increase raised bed temp earlier - hot peppers. Companion planting but only with low growing plants - don't want to use ground plastic.
Considering a mini greenhouse (fancy cold frame) in the bed [see also f'ing groundhogs] with auto drip watering under it, but concerned about moisture leading to fungus issues, even if I have automatic vents. I work full time+ and with health limits I won't be checking it daily.
From traffic channels to
"replacing them with shared surfaces, lower speeds, an ecological layer, and spatial ambiguity."
Shared public spaces
"are expected to accommodate not only movement and encounter but also water infiltration, carbon sequestration, shade, biodiversity, and multispecies migration, while remaining safe and efficient conduits for people and infrastructure above and below ground."
"Personal transportation is a primary driver of urban sprawl and the proliferation of intercity highways."
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https://landezine.com/streets-from-infrastructures-to-shared-ecologies/
#SharedSpace #PublicSpaces #mobility #pedestrians #micromobility #traffic #pollution #runoff #microclimate #heatisland #HumanScale #machines #cars #traffic #sprawl #BellingenShire #sprawl
Bellingen traffic channel
Mhm, das ist dann ja ein bischen schief gelaufen.
https://www.geo.de/wissen/kiruna-umsiedlung--wieso-eine-stadt-ploetzlich-zehn-grad-kaelter-ist-36183834.html?
Chao Wang et al. investigated the effects of simulated nighttime warming and atmospheric #NitrogenDeposition on the temperatures of shallow water, deep water, and sediment, and also explored the potential influence of #Microclimate on wetland carbon cycles.
This is one of my favorite spots along the Liesing in Vienna.
I don't know about this section, but most of the Lising was confined in concrete walls not too many years ago, but almost every section in Vienna has been renaturalized by now.
The results:
* fewer floods
* better water quality (Platon doesn't stink after bathing)
* the human psyche benefits from the beauty of nature
* more biodiversity
* great education opportunity (you probably can't see it in the pictures, but just a little bit upstream there is a group of kindergardeners probably learning something about the environment)
* cooler microclimate
* and many, many more
#Liesing #Vienna #Wien #Platon #renaturation #renaturalization #recreation #nature #biodiversity #EnvironmentalEducation #microclimate #CoBenefits #Renaturierung
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