I don't have any throwbacks to share today, so enjoy this lovely #shade instead! 🌞 (34 °C tomorrow, so get ready for curses and sweat stains)


#chestnutTree #chestnut #Kastanie #Schatten #sunburst #Sonnenstrahlen #schattig #canopy #nature #Natur #Bäume #trees #Baum #tree #TreeTuesday

The life above us
#shadow #sunlight #bird #glass #canopy #bnw #blackandwhite #helsinki #finland #photography

Wieder mal eine schöne Runde #Canopy - da spielt sogar meine Frau mal mit mir. Und hat mich richtig deklassiert. Macht nix. Einfach rund.

Animal carcasses rot 90 times faster than leaves or logs. Insects and #forest #canopy gaps shape each differently, with gaps speeding leaf decay but slowing log rot. This reveals decay rules vary by material, guiding carbon forecasts as logging and storms open more canopies.🌲
@Forestecosystems
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2197562026000461

Throwing shade: How Medicine Hat is growing its urban forest
Hot, dry Medicine Hat, Alta., is providing free trees to residents and planting its own in parks and public spaces to "shoulder up" the urban canopy after years of drought and wind storms damaged trees in the southern Alberta city.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/urban-forest-trees-medicine-hat-9.7215758?cmp=rss

Secrets of the Riverbank.

#photography #EastCoastKin #TeamPixel #ireland #nature #river #outdoors #irishlandscape #wetlands #mossy #ashtree #woodland #riverbank #peacefulplaces #irishnature #wildireland #greenery #canopy #instaireland #loveireland #naturewalk

Larger Forest Patches Have Greater Per-Area Productivity
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-026-03075-5 <-- shared paper
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-08688-7 <-- shared related paper
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https://doi.org/10.1641/0006-3568(2002)052[0411:FFOTCU]2.0.CO;2 <-- shared related paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #spatialanalysis #habitat #ecosystems #fragmented #forests #vegetation #carbonstorage #trees #logging #forestry #naturalresources #canopy #soil #moisture #foresthealth #metrics #productivity #carboncapture #contiguous #USA #CONUS #environment #sustainability #model #modeling #AI #machinelearning #geoai #carbonsequestration #forestcover

Dag 157 / Day 157
Uppåt. / Upward.

#tall #bark #himmel #skog #perspektiv #pinetree #lookup #bark #sky #forest #perspective #nature #nordic #scandinavia #treetop #naturephotography #texture #canopy #ancient #365project