Global #Grasslands Face Sharper #Carbon Uptake Decline as #Plant_Diversity Falls, New Research Warns
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Grasslands play a bigger climate role than many realise. New research highlights why changes within these ecosystems could have far-reaching consequences for carbon storage and rural livelihoods.Vaishnav Akash (Asianet Newsable)
Discover the awe-inspiring role of African forest elephants in the Congo Basin—nature's master gardeners who literally shape the world around them! These gentle giants roam through muddy, mineral-rich paradises called baïs, fostering the growth of ca…Palm Oil Detectives
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🦖 NEW: A T. rex kept its body near 36º C (97º F), close to a human’s and well above the air around it.
Researchers reached that number by pulling a few milligrams of enamel from two #fossil #teeth, dissolving the sample, and reading #carbon-oxygen bonds in the #gas it released. The warm temperature fits an active hunter whose range reached the #Arctic.
👉 popsci.com/science/tyrannosaur…
#dinosaurs #trex #paleontology #warmblooded #metabolism #science #chemistry #isotopes #alaska #biology #research
The King of the Dinosaurs had an internal temperature similar to you.Andrew Paul (Popular Science)
🍄 NEW: Botanists in #Thailand’s #ThongPhaPhum National Park found a new species, 'Thismia daemona', growing in seasonal #mountain forest at roughly 950 meters.
The nearly black #flower has three horn-like appendages and reddish-orange patches. Lacking #chlorophyll, it draws #carbon from #soil #fungi rather than sunlight, a strategy called #mycoheterotrophy.
👉 sciencealert.com/scientists-di…
#plants #botany #newspecies #photosynthesis #forests #nature #science #biology #conservation #discovery
Most plants turn toward the Sun.Esra Öz (ScienceAlert)
Consequence paths of CO₂ emissions from land use change and fires:
(Mining [not shown in chart],) climate change and forest management contribute to forest degradation and wildfires; which in turn force the greenhouse effect.
#feedbacks #GreenhouseForcing #forests #GHG #emissions #carbon #CDR #CO2 #climateChange #DAG
#Mining sub-Saharan Africa is expanding rapidly. This poses a key threat to tropical forests.
"For every hectare of direct deforestation due to the mine footprint, mining triggers, on average, 34 hectares of additional offsite loss within five years through ancillary activities, including agriculture and settlements. Mines extracting cobalt and copper—key energy transition minerals—caused the highest amount of additional deforestation."
Morton et al. (2026). "Mining triggers extensive additional deforestation in sub-Saharan Africa" doi.org/10.1038/s41586-026-105… 🧩 🧵
#extraction #landscape #pollution #cobalt #copper #gold #climateChange #rivers #deforestation #soil #carbon #causality #land #footprint #forests #landLoss #landUse #Africa #Congo #DRC #Centrafrique #Zambia #ZA #SouthAfrica
💩 NEW: #Concrete’s main ingredient, #cement, is a major source of #CO2.
Researchers replaced part of the cement with #biochar made from heat-treated human #sewage. Mixes with 5 and 10% replacement gained up to 42% more strength after curing. The silica-rich, porous biochar appears to hold #water and aid chemical bonding.
👉 sciencealert.com/scientists-ar…
#recycling #waste #materials #science #sustainability #engineering #civilengineering #carbon #carbondioxide #innovation #building #ecofriendly #poop
Concrete is, quite literally, the foundation of the modern world.Michelle Starr (ScienceAlert)
💁🏻♀️ TIL: 🦪⏳ Over two decades, scientists #carbon-dated over 7,500 #marine fossils from #ocean beds around the world.
The shared #data showed which environmental factor drives time averaging – the mixing of #fossils from different periods in a single sediment layer. The results show that #sedimentation rate matters most, setting limits on what fossil data can tell us about the past.
👉 eurekalert.org/news-releases/1…
#paleontology #carbondating #science #marinebiology #biology #geology #radiocarbon #earthscience #naturalhistory #nature #history #news #sedimentation #fossilrecord
Scientists carbon-dated more than 7,500 marine fossils from ocean beds around the world and used that data to determine which environmental factors are most responsible for mixing together fossils from different time periods in the same stratum.EurekAlert!
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The 2026 episode questions the livability of territories.
"We do not rule out having temperatures around 48-50 degrees in a punctual and very regional manner in France."
"Climate change which is linked to our predatory and unsustainable lifestyles is emerging."
We need to quit management and embrace transformation.
"The priority no longer is to return to normal, no longer to do things as before, it is to change."
There are worldviews to transform.
Christophe Cassou researches climate. Listen to him in French: radiofrance.fr/franceculture/p…
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#foresight #adaptation #habitability #livability #climateForcing #carbon #climateDrift #wildfires #climateChange #climate #ecologicalTransition #greenTransition #anticipation #forests #pines #France #risks #riskAssessment
Les incendies et les canicules à répétition depuis la fin du printemps ne sont qu’un avant-goût de ce nous vivrons dans quelques étés. C’est ce dont les scientifiques nous alertent depuis longtemps.Bérengère Bonte (France Culture)
Der ultimative Tipp für's Gewichtsparen auf Radreisen: Tip geben!
Viele Radfahrer geben viel Geld aus, um wenig Gramm Gewicht am Rad einzusparen.
(Am Systemgewicht ändert sich dadurch leider nur relativ wenig.)
Richtig viel Gewichtseinsparung (auch wieder nur relativ) für sehr wenig Geld bekommt ihr durch Trinkgeld geben!
Das ihr hierbei (mit eurem puren Egoismus) dann noch in eine Win-Win-Situatuation steuert, muss ich nicht extra erwähnen 😜
⚠️ Post mit einer gewissen Portion Sarkasmus und ebenso viel Wahrheit.
#radreisen #bikepacking #trinkgeld #tip #tipp #leichtgewicht #rennrad #packliste #carbon #titan
💁🏻♀️ TIL: 🍄🪨 Researchers at the University of #Michigan pulled #water from gas wells deep under the #GreatLakes and found a dense #ecosystem.
The water has remained #underground since the #IceAge more than 11,000 years ago. The isolated #environment contains hundreds of fungal species alongside tiny #worms and #tardigrades.
👉 popsci.com/science/rock-eating…
#fungi #microrganisms #ecology #science #groundwater #biodiversity #carbon #carboncycle #soil #biology #extremophiles
Researchers discovered a vibrant ecosystem that is ‘dark, ancient, and almost entirely hidden’ from humans.Andrew Paul (Popular Science)
💁🏻♀️ TIL: 🌲🏗️ #Sydney’s Atlassian Central, a 39 story hybrid timber tower, has become the world’s tallest at 180 meters.
Architects SHoP and BVN designed the #building as seven stacked “habitats” with exposed #wood, planted terraces, and natural ventilation. Developer Dexus claims 50% less embodied #carbon than a conventional tower.
👉 zmescience.com/future/tallest-…
#skyscrapers #engineering #architecture #sustainablility #construction #cities
A 39-story timber skyscraper is changing what cities can build with wood.Tibi Puiu (ZME Science)
💁🏻♀️ TIL: 🎃📦 Researchers at #Kyushu University turned discarded #pumpkin peel into #carbon #quantum dots and combined them with #plant fibers and gelatin to make a #food wrapping.
In lab tests with cherry #tomatoes over 20 days, the material outperformed conventional #plastic at blocking #UV light, stopping microbial growth, and preserving antioxidants. It passed #safety tests and can be sprayed on or used as #packaging film.
👉 sciencealert.com/pumpkin-peel-…
#solutions #science #upcycling #sustainability #environment #research #japan #nanotechnology #innovation #chemistry
Making food last for longer is something humans have been working on for millions of years, and we're not out of ideas yet.David Nield (ScienceAlert)
💁🏻♀️ ICYMI: 🌳🪨 A large-scale field #experiment in #Wales shows that adding crushed volcanic #basalt rock dust to #soil accelerates native woodland growth.
The #nature-based method boosted #carbon capture by up to 27% in the first four years, providing an urgent tool for global #climate restoration efforts.
👉 Learn more: seethis.tv/post/how-does-magic…
#biology #calcium #chemistry #climatechange #conservation #ecology #forest #iron #magnesium #minerals #plants #research #rocks #science #silica #solutions #trees #uk #womeninstem #tksst #video
💁🏻♀️ ICYMI: 🌳🪨 A large-scale field #experiment in #Wales shows that adding crushed volcanic #basalt rock dust to #soil accelerates native woodland growth.
The #nature-based method boosted #carbon capture by up to 27% in the first four years, providing an urgent tool for global #climate restoration efforts.
👉 Learn more: seethis.tv/post/how-does-magic…
#biology #calcium #chemistry #climatechange #conservation #ecology #forest #iron #magnesium #minerals #plants #research #rocks #science #silica #solutions #trees #uk #womeninstem #tksst #video
💁🏻♀️ ICYMI: 🌳🪨 A large-scale field #experiment in #Wales shows that adding crushed volcanic #basalt rock dust to #soil accelerates native woodland growth.
The #nature-based method boosted #carbon capture by up to 27% in the first four years, providing an urgent tool for global #climate restoration efforts.
👉 Learn more: seethis.tv/post/how-does-magic…
#biology #calcium #chemistry #climatechange #conservation #ecology #forest #iron #magnesium #minerals #plants #research #rocks #science #silica #solutions #trees #uk #womeninstem #tksst #video
💁🏻♀️ TIL: 🍄🌍 Scientists mapped arbuscular #mycorrhizal #fungi – the #underground fungal threads that connect #plant roots.
Analyzing over 16,000 #soil cores from 322 studies, they found the network stretches 110 quadrillion(!) km in the topsoil, long enough to reach the #Sun nearly a billion times. #Grasslands and #prairies hold the densest networks, while #farming reduces fungal density by nearly half.
👉 sciencealert.com/hidden-web-of…
#science #ecology #plants #carbon #map #nature #biology #climate #microscopy #research #study
The ground beneath your feet is not quiescent.Michelle Starr (ScienceAlert)
💁🏻♀️ ICYMI: In #Siberia’s #SakhaRepublic, the #Batagay megaslump – nicknamed the Gateway to #Hell – has tripled in size since 1991 as #permafrost thaws.
The process releases 4,000-5,000 tons of #carbon annually and has uncovered a 50,000-year-old baby #mammoth (2024) and an extinct #horse with the oldest liquid #blood ever found (2018).
👉 discoverwildlife.com/environme…
#climate #climatechange #megaslump #paleontology #arctic #iceage #fossil #geology #science
wmo.int/publication-series/sta…
"The burning of #oil, #gas, #coal and #forests releases heat-trapping #greenhouse gases such as #carbon dioxide, #methane and nitrous oxide, which are all at their highest level in at least 800,000 years."
El Nino is just around the corner while we keeping burning things all the time.
#climate #climatechange #climatecrisis #extinction #survival
WMO’s State of the Global Climate report 2025 confirms that 2015-2025 are the hottest 11-years on record, and that 2025 was the second or third hottest year on record, at about 1.43 °C above the 1850-1900 average.World Meteorological Organization
Old-growth forests store 78-89% more carbon than managed forests do.The Conversation
🌍❄️ #Earth has been a giant ice ball at least twice in its #history, but unlike the "instant" ice ages in #movies, the real deal took millions of years.
Here's how a "double-whammy" of shifting continents and low volcanic activity sucked #carbon from the air, turning our blue planet white.
👉 sciencenews.org/article/snowba…
#geology #climate #science #nature #iceage #physics #environment
The Day After Tomorrow, Snowpiercer, Snowball Earth: Such end-of-days visions of a frozen Earth are fantastical … but can contain a snowflake of truth.Science News Magazine (Science News)
HAPPY #SWAMPTEMBER!
#Wetlands are the most unappreciated & reviled of ecosystems. But wetlands are amazing sponges which soak up #stormwater to prevent flooding, are home to rare #plants, & are the largest #carbon sinks of any ecosystem, acre for acre.
Celebrate the #beauty of swamps, their #ecological value, & their #economic benefits all month long - & get ready to celebrate #Bogtober, #Fenuary, & #MarshMadness.
Photos of Bloedel Reserve, WA.
cell.com/patterns/fulltext/S26…
"#carbon footprint of #AI systems alone could be between 32.6 and 79.7 million tons of #CO2 #emissions in 2025, while the #water #footprint could reach 312.5–764.6 billion L."
#climate #climatechange #climatecrisis #adaptation #migration #genai #meta #amazon #nvidia #microsoft #google #openai #anthropic
The European Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change advised that a 90%–95% net domestic reduction of greenhouse gases (GHG) until 2040 (compared to the 1990 baseline) is necessary in order to achieve climate neutrality by 2050.Zenodo
🧊🦠 Researchers at #Caltech and University of #Colorado #Boulder reactivated #microbes frozen in Alaskan #permafrost for up to 40,000 years and found they rapidly resume producing #carbon dioxide when warmed.
The study suggests that as #Arctic summers lengthen, these ancient organisms could trigger dangerous #climate feedback loops since permafrost stores twice as much carbon as #Earth's #atmosphere.
👉 livescience.com/planet-earth/a…
#science #globalwarming #research #environment #paleontology
