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Showing posts with label IV III Forests. Show all posts
Showing posts with label IV III Forests. Show all posts
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Science establishment has been rocked by claims that trees may also be the heart of its climate.
Branching out on climate.
The world's great forests have long been
recognised as the lungs of the earth, but the science establishment has
been rocked by claims that trees may also be the heart of its climate.
The Australian
Thursday, February 7, 2013
Amazon forest more resilient to climate change than feared. - study Reuters
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The boost to growth from CO2, the main gas from burning fossil fuels blamed for causing climate change, was likely to exceed damaging effects of rising temperatures this century such as drought, it said.
Tuesday, February 5, 2013
Feds: Global warming means more fires, insects in forests
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GRANTS PASS, Ore. - Big changes are in store for the nation's forests as global warming increases wildfires and insect infestations, and generates more frequent floods and droughts, the U.S.
Friday, January 18, 2013
***** Severe droughts in Amazon linked to climate change, says study. CBS
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The
prolonged drought, which began in 2005, has caused widespread damage to
the area and may possibly be a sign that the rainforest is showing the
first signs of large-scale degradation due to climate change. A research team, led by NASA's Jet ...
Bengali Forests Are Rapidly Disappearing, Research Finds. Planetsave
Posted: 13 Jan 2013 02:10 AM PST
The rapid deforestation
of the Sundarbans Mangroves is expected to intensify as human
development in the area continues and climate change worsens, according
to a new report from the Zoological Society of London. This will result
in the extinction of a great many plants and animals, including the
Bengal tiger.
The Sundarbans are currently losing as much as 200 meters of coast every year.
Dr Nathalie Pettorelli, the
senior author of the paper, says: “Our results indicate a rapidly
retreating coastline that cannot be accounted for by the regular
dynamics of the Sundarbans. Degradation is happening fast, weakening
this natural shield for India and Bangladesh.”
70,000 sq miles destroyed, so far - Why Bark Beetles are Chewing Through U.S. Forests. Climate Central
Why Bark Beetles are Chewing Through U.S. Forests
Climate Central
The conifer forests of the North American west have been under a massive assault over the past decade by bark beetles: one species alone, the mountain pine beetle, has killed more than 70,000 square miles' worth of trees, equivalent to the area of ...
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Climate Central
The conifer forests of the North American west have been under a massive assault over the past decade by bark beetles: one species alone, the mountain pine beetle, has killed more than 70,000 square miles' worth of trees, equivalent to the area of ...
See all stories on this topic »
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Diesel Engines, Burning Wood, Forests: Soot Now Second Leading Cause of Global Warming Slate Magazine
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Produced mostly by diesel engines and burning wood, soot has been found to have twice the impact on global warming as previously thought.
Saturday, September 29, 2012
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Trees Come 'From Out Of The Air,' Says Nobel Laureate Richard ... NPR
Trees Come 'From Out Of The Air,' Says Nobel Laureate Richard ...
NPR (blog)-3 hours ago
It "eats" air, chomps down on airborne carbon dioxide, then uses sunshine to pull the carbon dioxide apart, gets rid of the oxygen, which "it spits back into the air ...
Monday, September 24, 2012
World Forest Area Still on the Decline
World Forest Area Still on the Decline
Emily E. Adams www.earth-policy.org/indicators/C56/forests_2012 |
Earth Policy Release
Eco-Economy Indicator August 31, 2012 |
Forests
provide many important goods, such as timber and paper. They also
supply essential services—for example, they filter water, control water
runoff, protect soil, regulate climate, cycle and store nutrients, and
provide habitat for countless animal species and space for recreation.
Forests
cover 31 percent of the world’s land surface, just over 4 billion
hectares. (One hectare = 2.47 acres.) This is down from the
pre-industrial area of 5.9 billion hectares. According to data from the
U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization, deforestation was at its highest
rate in the 1990s, when each year the world lost on average 16 million
hectares of forest—roughly the size of the state of Michigan. At the
same time, forest area expanded in some places, either through planting
or natural processes, bringing the global net loss of forest to 8.3
million hectares per year. In the first decade of this century, the rate
of deforestation was slightly lower, but still, a disturbingly high 13
million hectares were destroyed annually. As forest expansion remained
stable, the global net forest loss between 2000 and 2010 was 5.2 million
hectares per year. (See data.)
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Friday, September 21, 2012
Deforestation rebounds in the Amazon Nature
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Deforestation
is on the rise again in the Brazilian Amazon. The amount of clear-cut
land hit 522 km in August 2012, up from 163.3 km2 in the same month last
year, a spike of 220%.
Thursday, September 20, 2012
Protecting mangroves is cheaper than building coastal protection, expert says Christian Science Monitor
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Keeping
coastal mangrove forests intact or replanting them is cheaper than
building man-made structures to protect coastlines threatened by climate change, according to the head of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Skip to next ...
Monday, September 17, 2012
Fastest pace of deforestation in the world: Indonezia World Record Academy
| World Record Academy - |
[May 05] JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia had the fastest pace of deforestation
in the world between 2000-2005, with an area of forest equivalent to
300 soccer pitches destroyed every hour, Greenpeace said on Thursday.
Sunday, September 16, 2012
Honor our vets with jobs bill; reforesting Appalachia could be on shovel-ready ... Lexington Herald Leader
| Lexington Herald Leader - |
Backers of the reforestation
project had hoped for funding in 2009 through energy legislation that
fizzled. Jobs for vets is another chance, if Republicans let it move.
Saturday, September 15, 2012
How Social Media Is Helping Plant 1 Million Trees In Patagonia EarthTechling
| EarthTechling - |
Then I discovered Reforest Patagonia. Last December, a devastating man-made fire burned over 43,000 acres in the iconic Torres del Paine National Park.
Friday, September 7, 2012
Wednesday, September 5, 2012
Deforestation alert: ¼ of Liberian land sold to logging companies Greener Ideal
| Greener Ideal - |
Liberia's
forestry department has given a quarter of the nation's land to logging
firms over the past two years in a series of shady deals now under
investigation by the government.
Saturday, September 1, 2012
World Forest Area Still on the Decline - Lester Brown
World Forest Area Still on the Decline Emily E. Adams www.earth-policy.org/indicators/C56/forests_2012 |
Earth Policy Release
Eco-Economy Indicator August 31, 2012 |
Forests
provide many important goods, such as timber and paper. They also
supply essential services—for example, they filter water, control water
runoff, protect soil, regulate climate, cycle and store nutrients, and
provide habitat for countless animal species and space for recreation.
Forests
cover 31 percent of the world’s land surface, just over 4 billion
hectares. (One hectare = 2.47 acres.) This is down from the
pre-industrial area of 5.9 billion hectares. According to data from the
U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization, deforestation was at its highest
rate in the 1990s, when each year the world lost on average 16 million
hectares of forest—roughly the size of the state of Michigan. At the
same time, forest area expanded in some places, either through planting
or natural processes, bringing the global net loss of forest to 8.3
million hectares per year. In the first decade of this century, the rate
of deforestation was slightly lower, but still, a disturbingly high 13
million hectares were destroyed annually. As forest expansion remained
stable, the global net forest loss between 2000 and 2010 was 5.2 million
hectares per year. (See data.)
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Thursday, August 30, 2012
Emissions from Amazon deforestation in Brazil fall 57% since 2004
Overall, Brazilian deforestation represented roughly 1.5 percent of global carbon emissions from human activities. The results are based on a new emissions tracking system developed by researchers at Brazil's National Institute for Space Research (INPE ...
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