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"Cascading transition risks towards degraded ecosystems in the #Amazon biome[:] The large majority of the simulated transitions is caused by spatial knock-on effects from increasing drought intensities, leading to long-ranging and self-propelling cascades on scales of hundreds to thousands of kilometres."

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10456-0

#droughts #deforestation #landGrab #landUse #landUseChange #forests #forest #carbon #carbonSinks #carbonSink #footprint #Brazil #Mercosur #beef #cattle #Amazonia

Headlines Africa May 4

Congo’s forests under strain from overlapping land use http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TSMNJv #CongoForests #EcoProtection #Sustainability #ClimateChange #CarbonSinks

Ms. Que Banh Apr 24

#FootpathFriday
I love Springtime walks, around Garry oaks 💚

#GarryOak #trees #footpath #NatureWalk #Oaks #WalkingPaths #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #PNW #GnarlyTrees #TreeLovers #TreeHugger #CarbonSinks

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Eric Maugendre about carbon Apr 24

Wood harvesting and forest management are depleting carbon storage. Old-growth forests in Sweden store ~72% more carbon than the industrial tree plantations that are rapidly replacing them, with soil accounting for most of the difference.

The top meter of soils in lowland primary forests contained roughly 64% of total C on average.

Didac Pascual et al. (2026). https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adz8554

#carbon #carbonSinks #deforestation #timber #emissions #landUse #landUseChange #forests #forestry #offsets

Stefan F. Wirth Mar 23

#Freshwater #lakes,like #Flughafensee #Berlin, play a complex #role in #globalwarming. Their #sediments are important #carbonsinks. However, they also release #CO2/#methane through microorganism activities. Furthermore, #lakeswarmup faster than surrounding air. L. Huang et al.(2024) address this and predict #shifts in #aquaticspecies #distributions and rearrangements of #freshwaterhabitats.
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michael Mar 6

3-Mar-2026
How an underground fungal map of the world’s oldest, slowest-growing #rainforest #trees can boost the resilience of Earth’s long-term #carbonSinks
Scientists demonstrate that a single 2,400-year-old tree protects hundreds, if not thousands, of underground fungal species.

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1118515

#science #ecology #fungi #forests

How an underground fungal map of the world’s oldest, slowest-growing rainforest trees can boost the resilience of Earth’s long-term carbon sinks

Soils surrounding large, ancient alerce trees in Chile accumulate a disproportionately high diversity of fungi, which help store more carbon and make the entire forest healthier, suggesting that protecting the biggest, oldest trees offers exceptionally outsized benefits.

EurekAlert!

Alexander J. Stein Jan 14

#Forestry carbon sink projects in #China do not necessarily affect #grain production and can even improve the efficiency of resource use: doi.org/10.1007/s125... #afforestation #carbonsinks #landuse #foodsecurity

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Ms. Que Banh Dec 26

#ForestFriday a creek, meandering through lush, coastal temperate #rainforest.

#forest #nature #green #moss #biodiversity #trees #ferns #mosstodon #Tsouke #Sooke #VictoriaBC #YYJ #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #PNW #BeautifulWorld #botanical #ecosystem #ecological #environmental #CarbonSinks #creek #waterway #DisabledPhotographers #Hiking #photography #woodlands

Journal of Plant Ecology Dec 4

【🎉Latest accepted article】
Overestimated Carbon Uptake Stability Due to Inadequate Vegetation Dynamics in Ecosystem Models

https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtaf193

kayaniv hsal Nov 25

"There is a major disconnect between the promises of carbon markets and the practical realities."

"99 per cent of farmers reported receiving no financial rewards."

"28 per cent of participating farmers discontinued these practices by the second year."

"27 per cent of farmers experienced a decline in yields."

#CarbonSinks #CarbonCredit #ClimateFinance #ClimateAction #FalseSolutions

https://www.downtoearth.org.in/climate-change/99-farmers-in-haryana-and-mp-participating-in-voluntary-carbon-market-received-no-benefits-finds-study

99% farmers in Haryana and MP participating in voluntary carbon market received no benefits, finds study

There is a major disconnect between the promises of carbon markets and the practical realities. A study found that over 99 per cent farmers participating in emi

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