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Hey, fellow ecologists but especially #soil scientists! A complete novice asking: is there a field-based method to measure the approximate age profile of soil organic #carbon E.g., estimate how much is input from very recent years vs. decades vs. hundreds years ago? In a soil where material keeps mixing, so no clear profiles that could help. I have tried to read the literature but not sure I have gained a lot so far?
Please, help me to link with the people who know these stuff 🙏
Hey, fellow ecologists but especially #soil scientists! A complete novice asking: is there a field-based method to measure the approximate age profile of soil organic #carbon E.g., estimate how much is input from very recent years vs. decades vs. hundreds years ago? In a soil where material keeps mixing, so no clear profiles that could help. I have tried to read the literature but not sure I have gained a lot so far?
Please, help me to link with the people who know these stuff 🙏
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Phyllodoce caerulea (blue heath or purple mountain heather) is a characteristic plant of many Low-Arctic and boreal regions but has an especially patchy distribution.
Heaths full of this plant flowering can be often seen from distance due to its spectacular colours.
It has needle-like evergreen leaves and a woody stem. Part of the wide heather family.
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Silene uralensis has a circumarctic distribution. This one is from #Svalbard.
Just look at the size of the flower compared to its shoot!
The flower is almost fully closed with minimal petals which hints that self-pollination is likely its main strategy. Insect pollinators can be sometimes scarce in High-Arctic.
This fjord in Senja is an absolute favourite of mine. Have seen it in all kinds of weather, but there are moments when a gentle bit of sunlight pops out between the clouds and brushes against the slopes.
I don't use a telephoto often, but they are quite useful every now and then. This shot about 100mm, with a slow shutter.
#Norway #Senja #HappyPlace #Lumix #LumixS1R #Photography #Photographie #Fotografie #Monochrome #Blackandwhite #NotReallyMonochrome
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Phyllodoce caerulea (blue heath or purple mountain heather) is a characteristic plant of many Low-Arctic and boreal regions but has an especially patchy distribution.
Heaths full of this plant flowering can be often seen from distance due to its spectacular colours.
It has needle-like evergreen leaves and a woody stem. Part of the wide heather family.
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Silene uralensis has a circumarctic distribution. This one is from #Svalbard.
Just look at the size of the flower compared to its shoot!
The flower is almost fully closed with minimal petals which hints that self-pollination is likely its main strategy. Insect pollinators can be sometimes scarce in High-Arctic.
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There are ~28000 species of #Orchids globally but only very few in the #Arctic. Chamorchis alpina is one of those. The only species in its genus.
It’s not as showy nor colourful as its many relatives, but it is always a pleasing find.
Occurs only on the calcareous heaths of Fennoscandia and #Alps. #Endangered here in #Finland.
Julia Kemppinen 🏳️🌈
Photo Ewen 📷
Seraina L Cappelli