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Several wildfires have emerged within the Arctic Circle Throughout June, several wildfires have emerged within the Arctic Circle, with the majority of the activity currently taking place in Russia’s Sakha Republic, an area that was severely impacted by wildfires in 2021. Data from the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) indicates that the carbon emissions from June’s wildfires in the Arctic are already the third highest for this month over the past two decades. https://bit.ly/45G4gLD As a result of climate change increasing Arctic temperatures, wildfires have migrated northwards, igniting boreal forests and tundra, and releasing substantial quantities of greenhouse gases from carbon-dense organic soils. Recent data from the European Union’s Copernicus Atmospheric Monitoring Service (CAMS) reveals that approximately 6.8 megatonnes of carbon have been emitted this month, a figure only surpassed in June 2019 and June 2020, which saw roughly double the emissions. CAMS Senior Scientist Mark Parrington stated, “The Arctic has been warming at a rate significantly higher than the global average. Consequently, conditions in the high northern latitudes are becoming more favorable for wildfires. A recent study indicates that the northeast Arctic region, along with boreal and temperate forests, have been witnessing increases in extreme wildfires. This was evident in 2019, 2020, and 2021, when the eastern Arctic and sub-Arctic regions experienced extremely high levels of wildfire activity, and again in 2023, particularly in the high latitudes of Canada.” Wildfires typically reach their peak in the Northern Hemisphere in July and August. Sakha, which borders the Arctic Ocean in the north, is susceptible to extreme weather. The smoke from the 2021 wildfires reached the North Pole for the first time in recorded history. Andrey Konoplev, Sakha’s deputy minister of ecology, nature management, and forestry, was quoted by the Russian state news agency TASS as saying that more than 160 wildfires in the Republic had affected nearly 460,000 hectares as of June 24, Reuters said. https://bit.ly/3L4NFra Picture credit: Source: SakhaNews #wildfires #sakha #northpole #russia #co2emission #artic #climatecrisis #greenhousgases #articcircle

I think this is only 70%, there are still a lot of environmental engineering elements that I haven't implemented here. but several plants have shown good adaptation including the affected Utricularia Graminifolia which is notoriously difficult to cultivate in tanks Following are the elements that I have implemented : 1. rainwater (real) with rain effects too. 2. house of bacteria 3. soil/substrat 4. natural bacteria from tidal swamp water 5. zooplankton & phytoplankton 6. light that follows the sunrise and sunset times. 7. the wind blows 8. decomposer animals I think I need to put in some more bacteria because the ammonia and tannins in it are quite high. indicated by the smell like wet wood #aquascape #aquascapeindonesia #aquascaper #paludarium #terrarium #rain

Several wildfires have emerged within the Arctic Circle Throughout June, several wildfires have emerged within the Arctic Circle, with the majority of the activity currently taking place in Russia’s Sakha Republic, an area that was severely impacted by wildfires in 2021. Data from the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) indicates that the carbon emissions from June’s wildfires in the Arctic are already the third highest for this month over the past two decades. https://bit.ly/45G4gLD As a result of climate change increasing Arctic temperatures, wildfires have migrated northwards, igniting boreal forests and tundra, and releasing substantial quantities of greenhouse gases from carbon-dense organic soils. Recent data from the European Union’s Copernicus Atmospheric Monitoring Service (CAMS) reveals that approximately 6.8 megatonnes of carbon have been emitted this month, a figure only surpassed in June 2019 and June 2020, which saw roughly double the emissions. CAMS Senior Scientist Mark Parrington stated, “The Arctic has been warming at a rate significantly higher than the global average. Consequently, conditions in the high northern latitudes are becoming more favorable for wildfires. A recent study indicates that the northeast Arctic region, along with boreal and temperate forests, have been witnessing increases in extreme wildfires. This was evident in 2019, 2020, and 2021, when the eastern Arctic and sub-Arctic regions experienced extremely high levels of wildfire activity, and again in 2023, particularly in the high latitudes of Canada.” Wildfires typically reach their peak in the Northern Hemisphere in July and August. Sakha, which borders the Arctic Ocean in the north, is susceptible to extreme weather. The smoke from the 2021 wildfires reached the North Pole for the first time in recorded history. Andrey Konoplev, Sakha’s deputy minister of ecology, nature management, and forestry, was quoted by the Russian state news agency TASS as saying that more than 160 wildfires in the Republic had affected nearly 460,000 hectares as of June 24, Reuters said. https://bit.ly/3L4NFra Picture credit: Source: SakhaNews #wildfires #sakha #northpole #russia #co2emission #artic #climatecrisis #greenhousgases #articcircle

💡The coldest winter temperature of the last few decades is a strong explanation of variations in #mangrove species, size and coverage, in a new paper out today in British Ecological Society. PhD student Yiyang Kang, Dr. David Kaplan and Dr. Michael Osland used this information to predict how mangroves on Florida's Gulf Coast will respond to rapid warming under #ClimateChange. What can Floridians expect? All mangrove species are projected to increase in coverage and height as temperatures warm, and expand into and replace coastal marshes over time. Black mangroves, the most cold-tolerant, will likely dominate the coastal landscape in the north with more and taller trees than those that currently dot the landscape. Red mangroves will continue to dominate the central and southern coastline and also grow in size and cover as they expand northward, "chasing" the black mangroves up Florida's coast. White mangroves, the least freeze-tolerant, will expand northward and likely pop up along the coast during long periods without freezes. Overall, the state's coastal landscape will become more uniform with a consistent terrain of taller trees, which will replace the marshes and diverse mangrove tree sizes seen currently. This northward mangrove expansion will impact numerous ecosystem functions, including coastal storm protection, wildlife habitats, views of the coast and property values. Read the paper here: https://lnkd.in/dKN9HAUK UF Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering

According to Valentyn Shcherbyna, vice president for military ecology and ecosystem restoration at the Association of Environmental Professionals, the former Kakhovka Reservoir is being restored as a stable and self-sufficient natural system that should not be disturbed or interfered with. The ecologist believes that the first year after the dam explosion showed that the disaster did not happen. More information in the news👇🏻 #ecopolitic #ecology #environment #war #Ukraine #carbon #emissions #climatechange #climate #atmosphere #ecosystem #forests #rivers #subsoil #soil #air #ecocide #dolphins #sea #pollution #fires #animals #nature #water #waste #land #biodiversity #fields #tanks #reserves #ecocrimes #EU #Europe #ecosystems #ecocide #dam #disaster #KakhovskayaHPP #Kherson #Nikolaev #reservoirs #Dnipro #plants #trees #birds #biodiversity

VELVET: an enclosure vegetation system to measure BVOC emission fingerprints in temperate and tropical climates Frontiers https://lnkd.in/g_yJRDYT

Climate change models for the Utah Wasatch Plateau predict earlier snowmelt and future rainstorms that will be less frequent and more intense. Seedlings and recruiting plants will be forced to survive longer periods without precipitation. This won’t make a difference to plants that have sufficient water. But what about the trees and shrubs teetering on the edge of survival near the tree line? Dr. Richard Gill, ecologist at Brigham Young University, and his team are observing abiotic conditions inside these tree islands, hoping to provide insight into how the islands may act as thermal and hydrological refuges for recruiting seedlings. Read the story: https://lnkd.in/gFztAbUT #ecology #climatechange #weatherstations #soilmoisture

Interested in Mangroves and how they're able to survive where no others can? Take a look at the latest video from the MaCoBioS project 👀 ⬇️

Today, we published our new study about the effect of hydro-climate change on Amazon-flooded trees. This is a master result from Priscila de Sá published at Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. We recognized two different moments in which the environment is inducing conservative patterns in the xylem structure of those trees: 1) increasing the flood levels and 2) the high evaporative demand during the non-flooded period. In this way, the intensification of the hydrological regime and the strong drought conditions during the non-flooded periods can be a risk for H. corymbosa in the Central Amazonian floodplains.

The bottom of the Kakhovka Reservoir, which was exposed after the Kakhovka hydroelectric power station dam was blown up, has been completely covered with a young forest of white willow in the year since this man-made disaster. It has been joined by both typical species of steppe flora and new species for this area. An ecologist tells about the restoration of the territory after the Kakhovka HPP explosion👇🏻 #ecopolitic #ecology #environment #war #Ukraine #carbon #emissions #climatechange #climate #atmosphere #ecosystem #forests #rivers #subsoil #soil #air #ecocide #dolphins #sea #pollution #fires #animals #nature #water #waste #land #biodiversity #fields #tanks #reserves #ecocrimes #EU #Europe #ecosystems #ecocide #dam #disaster #KakhovskayaHPP #Kherson #Nikolaev #reservoirs #Dnipro #plants #trees #birds #biodiversity