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Forests are vital in fighting climate change by absorbing & storing carbon dioxide. Salt Spring Island’s forests store 5.6 million tonnes of carbon. Protecting forests, enhancing biodiversity & planting native species are crucial for reducing climate risks via Islands_Trust

A useful infographic explaining the Greenhouse Effect that's ideal for sharing with your students... Check out our geography trips: ow.ly/tuao50UWGba #geography #geographyteacher

Climate change may be driving an expansion of Valley fever, a deadly fungal infection spread by airborne spores. Learn more: scim.ag/3EFm1kL News from Science

Antarctic ice plays a crucial role in regulating Earth’s climate, global sea levels, ocean circulation, and planetary reflectivity. Learn more in a new #ScienceReview: scim.ag/42FMQPN

THERMOGENIC METHANE SIBERIAN ARCTIC SHELF Laptev Sea enormous increase dissolved methane Some venting. Mainly deep ancient source of thermogenic methane Time Bomb Natalia Shakhova was right 10 years ago pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn… #methane #permafrost #globalwarming #climatechange

We are heading towards a 2.7 C world in which Arctic Ocean would be ice free in summer, Area of permafrost would be half of what it was in preindustrial times, leading to an additional 117 Gt C in the form of c02 and methane released to atmosphere, creating a feedback loop of

AMAZON RAINFOREST METHANE Amazon wetlands pouring feedback methane emissions Largest highest methane source Warmed wetlands increase methane emissions. Methane feedback is worst effect of global surface warming. essd.copernicus.org/articles/15/29… #methane #climatechange #globalwarming

"Microplastics can cut a plant’s ability to photosynthesize by up to 12 percent, new research shows" scientificamerican.com/article/microp…

Pesticides persist in soils for decades, not months. A study of 100 fields shows even after 20 years of organic management, soils contain up to 16 different pesticide compounds—disrupting microbial communities and undermining productivity long after application stops... 🧵

Death by a thousand cuts: Global threats to insect diversity.

How are soil animals fundamental to soil biological processes? 🪱🐌🐛 The feeding of each soil animal contributes to the vital functions of the #soil.🌱 Learn more with this infographic by Svenja Meyer. via ipbes

Learn more about the secret life of glaciers in this infographic. How are glaciers formed? What types of glaciers are there? How do they move and why do they retreat? And how do they impact our water cycle? #WorldWaterDay #WorldGlaciersDay

Did you know deforested areas can be up to 4°C hotter than forests? Losing trees doesn’t just harm ecosystems—it heats up the planet and fuels the climate crisis. 🔗: bit.ly/3FQJnVg #ForestsMatter

🌍✨Published in Nature Communications, #LZU researchers reveal alarming methane emissions from Qinghai-Tibet Plateau thermokarst lakes during ice-melt periods, shedding new lights on carbon-climate feedback in alpine permafrost ecosystems. 🔗brnw.ch/21wRTFf

INCREASING WORLD DROUGHT 2022-3 Droughts increasing in frequency, intensity, extent & duration, including regions not historically affected. 2022-3 1 in 4 people affected. Climate change major factor Will increase worlddroughtatlas.org #drought #climatechange #globalwarming

#ClimateChange is caused by human greenhouse gas emissions. We’re causing #globalwarming 100 times faster than past natural changes We are taking Earth’s climate beyond natural limits with carbon dioxide & temperatures levels not seen for 3 million years. #ActOnClimate

More than 130 buildings🏠 buried by the glacier/debris collapse in #Blatten (polygon quickly drawn from pomona.ch/SRF imagery). Upstream part of village spared. But Lonza River is now dammed 🌊 Source/data: Luca Malatesta 🙏

Now that European summer is heating up, let me quickly remind you just how important street trees are!

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