#rainforest is an active hashtag on Bluesky. In the last 30 days, 59 people shared 203 posts with it — around 7 a day. Activity is down 18% versus the previous week, peaking on Sep 2 with 12 posts.
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Climate Breakdown imperiling Coral Reefs: "Rainforests of the Sea"
Greenfield, Mass. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – No longer can we conceive of the climate crisis as an issue solely of higher temperatures and extreme storms, without also centering on the cascade of its fatal effects on vital ecosystems. First, among these may be the death of ancient, magnificentcoral reefs and the vast marine life dependent on them, causing severe human and environmental health impacts. Further, these lethal effects are distinct potential points of no return, called tipping points, and they threaten the entire planet. The world is on track for reaching a temperature of 2.6 degrees Celsius (4.7º F.) above the preindustrial norm by 2050, according to Climate Action Tracker – a dire scenario “ imperiling livable futures.” The target set by the 2015 Paris Agreement to reign in climate warming was 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7º F). But already the three hottest years in human history taken together (2023-2025) have exceeded a 3-year average of 1.5 degrees Celsius, and news is dire for the next 2 years when the strongest El Nino ever recorded is predicted. A strong El Nino “could drive the average global temperature to 1.8 degrees Celsius (3.2°F) above the preindustrial level” with extreme consequences...
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What's the better bargain, protecting a rainforest or regrowing it?
Planting a tree in the Amazon does a lot less for the rainforest than simply leaving one alone. That’s the uncomfortable arithmetic in new research on Brazil’s jungles. Faced with a dollar to spend on the rainforest, scientists found, you’re almost always better off protecting what’s already standing than paying to regrow what’s gone. The gap isn’t small: preventing deforestation or stopping logging and fires delivered far more carbon storage and biodiversity than restoration did, for a fraction of the cost, according to new research in Science. And while efforts to save rainforests often focus on halting the conversion to open land, it turns out squelching logging and fires could bring even more benefits for biodiversity. “Protection must go beyond avoiding deforestation,” said Leonardo Miranda, the study’s lead author and a biodiversity researcher at the United Kingdom’s Lancaster University. “Avoiding forest disturbances from wildfires or logging delivered the greatest benefits for forest biodiversity.” The insights are based on the fate of more than 3 million hectares of land across Santarém and Paragominas, areas in northern Brazil, between 2010 and 2020. Using satellite images to track the condition of the forests there down to the level roughly a square kilometer, the...
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As fires spread in Indonesia, Bornean orangutans run out of forest to flee
JAKARTA — As fires continue to engulf large swaths of forest in Indonesian Borneo, orangutans have increasingly fewer places to flee, with fires either surrounding them or eliminating the forest on which they depend. Fires are spreading across a connected but heavily fragmented forest landscape and the habitat of critically endangered Bornean orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus) in West Kalimantan, including Gunung Palung National Park and the Mendawak Biodiversity Corridor. Gunung Palung National Park is one of the most important remaining strongholds for the Central Bornean orangutan, supporting a population historically estimated at around 2,500 animals and hosting one of the world’s longest-running studies of wild orangutans. Its importance derives from both its population size and its unusually diverse forest habitats, which support long-term ecological research and a range of other species. The adjacent Mendawak Biodiversity Corridor has a complementary role. Although it is not yet a continuous or fully secured corridor, it encompasses additional orangutan habitat outside the national park and provides a framework for maintaining, restoring and reconnecting forest patches across a fragmented landscape. Despite their ecological importance, both areas have been burning during this year’s dry season, as an exceptionally strong El Niño has contributed to hot and dry...
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Establish Global Rainforest Heritage Sites for Protection
Urge global organizations and governments to create protected Rainforest Heritage sites to stop deforestation while supporting farmers. Add your name now.
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Leaders as Cowards in Universities, Law Firms, SCOTUS, Congress - Daily Meditations with Matthew Fox
I have often said that courage is the truest sign of the Spirit in our times. This would mean that cowardice is a sign of absence of Spirit. Learning stories of courageous people is one way to build c...
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🌳 Visita a Panamá Rainforest Discovery Center
¿Estas planeando un viaje a Panamá? Te contamos nuestra visita a Panamá Rainforest Discovery Center en la zona de Gamboa.
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Tell Congress: Stop Trump’s Illegal Plan to Destroy the US Forest Service
Contact Congress today!
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