Tootfinder

The federal law that prohibits paving and logging National Forest land
is officially on the chopping block,
and conservationists warn that the cleaver could strike lands on the Central Coast. 
The 2001 Roadless Area Conservation Rule
protects 59 million acres of National Forest land from logging and roadbuilding
— including 635,000 remote acres in Los Padres National Forest.
It protects the backcountry,
where old-growth forests provide shelter for wi…

Feds Moving at Full Throttle to Reverse Roadless Rule Protecting National Forests
A public comment period is now open on the proposed rule change that would allow logging and roadbuilding on National Forest land — including 635,000 acres of Los Padres National Forest.

I never met Pete Brosius, although I know a number of his students. He was a brilliant critical ecological anthropologist whose work in Sarawak stubbornly refused to romanticise the indigenous forest peoples there. Through that refusal he made it possible to actually understand how they created exceptionally biodiverse landscapes and in so doing created the foundations for the work of Jan Salick and others, including myself.

"This photographer left trail cameras in a remote Kenyan forest for months. He uncovered a hidden 'wildlife highway'"
#Kenya #Animals #Wildlife

Trail cameras uncover hidden 'wildlife highway' in remote Kenyan forest
Wildlife photographer Will Burrard-Lucas initially visited Maasai Mara to study its black rhino population. Then he found an oasis for all forest species.

Germany's Black Forest Labs launches Flux 3 and Flux-mimic, its first models for robotics, as it expands from generative AI into physical AI (Yazhou Sun/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-0…

Also, belated #FootpathFriday...
I absolutely love board walks and southern Bavaria has a decent amount (and distance) of them due to hundreds of swamps and moors, remnants from the melting ice age glaciers...
(I thought, I had this post scheduled to go out yesterday, but somehow I messed up the dates, so now manually, one day later...)

This #ThursdayFiveList, we #EmbraceTheWild, revelling in those primal places and emotions that begin just beyond where civilisation ends:
1. The Cure—"A Forest (Tree Mix)"
2. Kool & the Gang—"Jungle Boogie (Extended Jungle Jazz Edit)"
3. Motörhead—"In…

Forest fires likely to continue to burn twice as much without ‘serious action’ on climate change https://news.mongabay.com/podcast/2026/08/forest-fires-likely-to-continue-to-burn-twice-as-much-without-serious…

Forest fires likely to continue to burn twice as much without ‘serious action’ on climate change
Elizabeth Goldman is a co-director of Global Nature Watch, previously known as Global Forest Watch, a database measuring forest loss that’s frequently cited in Mongabay reporting. She joins this week’s podcast to detail GNW’s updated 25-year analysis of global forest fire trends. The picture is stark: Forest fires burn twice as much forest today as […]

[from @abstractica.bsky.social]
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Tiny forest growing on a single pine cone
#fungi #mosstodon

The federal government took a major step forward Friday toward opening more than 2,800 acres of Ohio’s only national forest to oil and gas development.
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management announced a lease sale scheduled for Sept. 15 of 41 parcels of land in the Wayne National Forest totaling 2,840 acres.
Although some bureaucratic hurdles remain, a lease sale brings fracking the forest for the first time
– the subject of political effort since at least 2016
– far clos…

Feds advance plan to open Ohio’s Wayne National Forest to fracking
The U.S.

How This Dying Rainforest Is a Sign of Things to Come
https://youtube.com/watch?v=y9HlSWmDtLw
In Costa Rica’s cloud forest, a biological paradox unfolds: one of America’s wettest ecosystems is dying of thirst. Our investigation follows daring ecologists as they scale 70-foot canopies to sol…

The worst timeline. Fracking in Wayne National Forest.
https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/state/2026/09/18/wayne-national-forest-plots-leased-to-fracking-industry-for-11-million/91823667007/

It did look like this. #NoFilter

Vast, climate-fueled wildfire forces evacuation of village in Eifel forest, Germany.
Largest wildfire ever in the state of North Rhine Westphalia.
https://www.dw.com/en/vast-german-wildfire-forces-evacuation-in-eifel-forest/live-78361311…

Vast German wildfire forces evacuation in Eifel forest
Hundreds of people had to leave a village near the Hürtgenwald as a wildfire approached. Firefighters say they're unlikely to be able to return today amid high temperatures, humidity and wind. DW has the latest.

no tornadoes at forest hills except for bob dylan, the immaculate weirdo himself, shrouded in white hoodie, with the paterson/tariq guitar combo. highlight for me was the dark lowlands of "black rider" (which got the biggest cheer of the night when it started) #nyc

Germany is seeking to extradite a suspect from Romania
over the discovery of an underground stash of weapons in a forest near Berlin
that German media reports have linked to Russian intelligence.
Two weeks after German authorities found a drone carrying explosives at Leipzig airport,
the interior minister, Alexander Dobrindt, confirmed federal prosecutors had opened an investigation related to the secret cache of guns
“on suspicion of preparing a serious act of …

Gun stash in German forest believed to be linked to Russia, say reports
Germany seeking to extradite suspect from Romania over guns it is feared could have been used ⁠in assassinations

Tonight's evening walk & photo session at the local bird sanctuary... 🤩
#EveningWalk #LandscapePhotography #NaturePhotography

"Rescued Orangutans Released Into Isolated Forest Are Now Raising Babies, Creating New Wild Population"
#Orangutans #Animals

Rescued Orangutans Released Into Isolated Forest Are Now Raising Babies, Creating New Wild Population
15 years ago, conservationists began releasing rescued orangutans into a protected Sumatran forest—and today they are having babies.

US moves to open vast tracts of pristine forests to logging #UnitedStates

US moves to open vast tracts of pristine forests to logging
President Donald Trump's administration on Tuesday proposed a rule change that would open 44 million acres (about 68,750 square miles) of wild, undisturbed forest for road construction and logging.

Allgäu, Late Summer (2024)
(Almost too cliché, but it doesn't take away its beauty...)
#MorningWalk #LandscapePhotography #Photography

Arbor Neuroscience CEO Philip Sabes tells Shanghai BCI symposium that prediction is the neuromodulation bottleneck https://insidebci.com/news/2026-09-19-philip-sabes-arbor-neuroscience-shanghai-bci-inno-salon-fudan-fores…

Arbor Neuroscience CEO Philip Sabes tells Shanghai BCI symposium that prediction is the neuromodulation bottleneck
Philip Sabes, a Neuralink founding scientist (2017 to 2020) and now CEO of Arbor Neuroscience, delivered a keynote at the BCI Inno+ Salon International Symposium on Brain-Computer Interface in Shanghai on 14 September 2026. His stated thesis was that the real bottleneck in neuromodulation is prediction: because clinicians cannot reliably predict what will happen after brain stimulation, treatment outcomes are inconsistent. Sabes summarised current practice as 'poke and hope' and positioned Arbo…

So exactly a week after reading about the Northern Flicker at the Roger Tory Peterson Institute (https://rtpi.org/trails-hemlock-forests/), one joined me at my house.
This one was a male (I think), yellow-shafted.
More info:

Just another place we visited in the Fränkische Schweiz. We just walked along a little stream and suddenly passed through this rock-gate with all the lush green on either side.
Just beautiful.
https://www.franzgraf.de/blog/2026/caves-and-meadows-d…

@… FYI

Guten Morgen,
letzter Arbeitstag der Woche, dann WE in da Black Forest bei Freunden.
Sonst nix Neues im Westen...
Schönen Tag euch :coffeepot: 🙂

RE: https://hachyderm.io/@skinnylatte/117292076738613718
Baron Watson of Wyre Forest joining Palantir, you say?
To think, this cunt was fashioning himself as a defender of human rights in technology.

Forest Restoration Solutions #environment

Forest Restoration Solutions
Tree growing has become one of the most widely promoted responses to climate change and ecosystem degradation, with governments, companies and nonprofits pledging to restore hundreds of millions of hectares of forests worldwide. But restoring ecosystems is far more complex than putting seedlings in the ground. This Special examines what it takes to rebuild forest […]

"Wildfires have destroyed an area of protected tropical forest twice the size of Wales since 2001, study reveals"
#Wildfires #Environment #Nature

Wildfires have destroyed an area of protected tropical forest twice the size of Wales since 2001, study reveals
Over 4 million hectares (9.9 million acres) of protected tropical forest—an area double the size of Wales—have been lost to wildfires since 2001.

End Of The Heat (2026)
(Vanilla Sky on the last eve of (one of) the heat wave(s) this summer...)
#SilentSunday #LandscapePhotography #NaturePhotography

Invasion of the #Zombie #Fires
Last week, the President seized on smoke from Canadian forest fires as another reason to impose tariffs. On Sunday, he told reporters that he had confronted Mr. Carney on the issue while they attended the World Cup final in New Jersey together.
“I told him, I…

Well TACO, how about we talk about your forest fires...
https://currentwildfires.com/en/wildfires-united-states/

The last resorts for unaffected forest in the word are constantly reduced. None of them is left in Europe. The last one was in Romania, but it disappeared by 2013.
The leading drivers of reduction changed from timber harvesting and agricultural expansion (2000 to 2013). Yet since 2020, fire has become the leading driver. Also the proportion of intact forest landscape reduction caused by mining, drilling and exploration has increased substantially.

#silentsunday

plant_pol_kato: Kato plant-pollinator web
A bipartite network of plants and pollinators from Kyoto University Forest of Ashu, Japan, from 1984 to 1987. Edge weights represent frequency of interactions.
This network has 772 nodes and 1206 edges.
Tags: Biological, Food web, Weighted
https://networks.skewed.d…

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Yusnori Misuda:
🎵 Secret Of The Forest
#YusnoriMisuda
https://murkish.bandcamp.com/track/secret-of-the-forest

This is encouraging but,
1) Land use emissions have fallen less than the rise in fossil fuel emissions: global emissions are still rising.
2) There is uncertainty in the data (other than for deforestation) which is greater than the decrease.
3) It's unclear to me what the overall flux is - the balance of sequestration Vs emissions. We know some forests have become net emitters.
Why

Why land-use emissions have fallen by a third this century – in six charts - Carbon Brief
Emissions from land-use change – including deforestation, loss of peatland and forest degradation – have been falling over the course of the 21st century.

Media coverage (2)
forest.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/review/2120213.html

日本人なら読める？　読めない？……の間を狙った不思議なフォント「みっかん」【レビュー】 - 窓の杜

Oh man what a loss. hackaday.io is now a dark forest.
[edit: might be network-by-network or something! Interesting!]

A Conjuring Of Clouds
Yesterday's evening walk... It's been a great week for cloud spotting, but with dozens of storm cells & hail moving through the area all week...
(Also thinking about the connotation to wildfires raging in Canada... 😢)
#MonochromeMonday #LandscapePhotography

Previously an underused site,
the area was transformed using Hügelkultur,
a no-dig permaculture technique that creates highly fertile mounds using woodchip, timber, and organic matter from local tree surgeons.
This approach, combined with forest garden principles, has established a resilient ecosystem for wildlife,
turning the space into an all-year-round green habitat with edible shrubs and trees like blackberries, raspberries, and apple trees.

Vacant site to community ecosystem - Transition Together
Chris Gabe of Bridgehouse Garden Community Group describes an incredible journey from tarmac site in South London to thriving forest garden and a cosy wooden barn, hand built by the local community group after learning a host of new practical skills.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #BBCProms
Bryce Dessner:
🎵 Towards the Forest
#BryceDessner
https://open.spotify.com/track/5xAbBSXPD1RRzCXmpFxNm0

In DRC, Virunga deforestation escalates as fighting sends refugees into park
https://news.mongabay.com/2023/11/in-drc-virunga-deforestation-escalates-as-fighting-sends-refugees-into-park/

In DRC, Virunga deforestation escalates as fighting sends refugees into park
According to Global Forest Watch Virunga National Park, the oldest protected area in the DRC, has lost 964 hectares (2,382 acres) of forest since June. “The Nyiragongo volcanic eruption in May and the recent war that has broken out between M23 and the Congolese government have forced many people to flee into the park,” Depaul […]

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #StuartMaconiesFreakZone
Forest:
🎵 Graveyard
#Forest
https://grimslippers.bandcamp.com/track/psychopathic-forest
https://open.spotify.com/track/4bV19g5J1NtmOyprvRxUNo

"Why land-use emissions have fallen by a third this century – in six charts"
#Nature #Environment

Why land-use emissions have fallen by a third this century – in six charts - Carbon Brief
Emissions from land-use change – including deforestation, loss of peatland and forest degradation – have been falling over the course of the 21st century.

From The Tyee's Daily Catch
“We live in on a rural property with a lot of mostly mature trees. While I agree with some of the FireSmart recommendations, I’m not going to cut down all these trees in order to have a slightly better chance of saving the house and any outbuildings in case of a forest fire. If I wanted to live on a bald prairie, I’d move to Alberta or Saskatchewan (shudder).... All of us reading The Tyee know exactly what’s triggering all these wildfires, torrential rai…

RE: https://social.ridetrans.it/@Andres4NY/113626681357898120
Sadly I've only made 2 of them for the house (I need to buy more PC fans), but I still use these filters. Here's why.
Currently, the outside AQI in Forest Park near my house …

Former Wake Forest, NFL DB Smith dies at 40 https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/49818526/former-wake-forest-nfl-db-alphonso-smith-dies-age-40

Wie eulig kann eine Eule? 🦉
https://moresci.sale/@birds/116916565522333404

Bird of the day (@birds@moresci.sale)
Attached: 1 image Rufous Owl Very large reddish-brown owl with strongly barred underparts. Found across northern tropical Australia and New Guinea. Roosts in large trees along creeks, in dense forest, and also in large isolated trees in urban areas. Call is a low, slow double hoot, much lower and slower than Southern Boobook or Barking Owl. Link: https://ebird.org/species/rufowl2 Photo Location: Australia

Damn! spent the whole evening reading articles and not editing photos (as planned) ...
Ah well - then I invite you to a walk we did recently on a sunny day along some nice blooming bushes.
#hiking #flowers #outdoors

Euroopan metsistä on kadonnut biomassaa valtavia määriä 2018 lähtien.
Unprecedented biomass loss in Europe's forests since 2018 https://phys.org/news/2026-08-unprecedented-biomass-loss-europe-forests.html

Unprecedented biomass loss in Europe's forests since 2018
Using satellite data, researchers at TUM have identified an unprecedented loss of aboveground biomass in Europe's forests since 2018. Unlike previous studies that focused solely on changes in tree cover, this study provides the first Europe–wide assessment of changes in forest biomass.

Great, the forest fire piss filter is back.

Wachusett Reservoir is the largest hand-built dam in the world, assembled from great granite blocks
#photo #photography #dam

Humans, next question.

Catcher Of Clouds & Light (Zugspitze, 2026)
#MountainMonday #MonochromeMonday #LandscapePhotography

England during the reign of Elizabeth I (~AD1600) was a dangerous time and place to write plays, such as Shakespeare’s “As You Like It”.
Better watch those metaphors. Public plays were studied closely for signs of treason.
Christopher Marlowe was arrested for atheism, a capital offense. Thomas Kyd was tortured on suspicion of treasonous activity. Ben Jonson was in dire trouble several times.
#History

Bedtime. Not falling asleep as quickly as I had hoped. We went for a roughly 2h meander today in Wynnum, some of it through a beautiful mangrove forest.

[from @abstractica.bsky.social]
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Tiny forest growing on a single pine cone
#fungi #mosstodon

U.S. President Donald Trump is blaming Canadian forest management for the smoke that has blanketed parts of the United States, threatening to increase tariffs to compensate for U.S. expenses caused by plummeting air quality.
But a wildfire expert says the President’s claims lack grounding in science and excoriated the remedies aimed at Canada as being unreasonable.
#REALITYCHECK…

Wildfire expert offers reality check for U.S. lawmakers who castigated Canada for smoke
Complaints sidestep the fact that wildfire smoke routinely crosses the border in both directions, B.C. ecologist says

Illegal mining threatens Ghana’s first marine protected area #Ghana

Illegal mining threatens Ghana's first marine protected area
Ghana’s land ministry is failing to act against illegal gold mining in the Greater Cape Three Points Forest Reserve, say conservationists. Their call comes as pollution threatens vulnerable and endangered species in both the protected forest and the adjacent waters of a newly declared marine protected area. Mining activity is causing toxic chemicals, including mercury, […]

French firefighters are tackling a blaze of unprecedented scale sweeping through Fontainebleau forest south-east of Paris,
while in southern Spain the prime minister visited the scene of a deadly wildfire and warned:
“The climate emergency kills.”
The fire in Fontainebleau, a one-time royal hunting preserve about 40 miles (60km) from the French capital
that today is dotted with villages,
began late on Sunday afternoon.
The blaze, which is unusual in its p…

Firefighting planes scrambled from south of France to tackle huge wildfire near Paris
Officials say blaze in Fontainebleau forest is of ‘exceptional scale’, with 900 homes evacuated and road and rail links hit

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #PacificNotions
East Forest:
🎵 Cascade (Gathered)
#EastForest
https://music.eastforest.org/track/cascade-gathered
https://open.spotify.com/track/77EfCRRTPfqdntsvwhTy7a

“All traces disappear with time. The wind removes them, the rain washes them away, and the snow covers all. The cleaning crew of the forest takes apart the carcasses of living things, and time silently erases everything, including the traces of seasons.
Bones, however, last a while. Other things may soon erode, but bones maintain their shape for much longer. Bones are the history of a forest and, in their own way, immortal. Just as you may be moved when you read a classic novel, I am i…

plant_pol_kato: Kato plant-pollinator web
A bipartite network of plants and pollinators from Kyoto University Forest of Ashu, Japan, from 1984 to 1987. Edge weights represent frequency of interactions.
This network has 772 nodes and 1206 edges.
Tags: Biological, Food web, Weighted
https://networks.skewed.d…

"Key tree species boost Amazon forest restoration, new study shows"
#Amazon #Trees #Environment

Key tree species boost Amazon forest restoration, new study shows
Regrowing Amazon forests face a quiet collapse if fast pioneer trees die without stronger successors.

After The Drought (2026)
(Temporary bounce back of lush greens, at least for a few weeks, after an extremely hot & dry summer in the Alps...)
#SilentSunday #LandscapePhotography

One of the typical scenes that we had throughout that day. The path wasn't always so well and broad like this. It often was narrow and more natural, but we also enjoyed walking along such sections.
The green was just amazing and calming. And I didn't even have to wait until there was noone else in the scene - it really isn't very frequented, so we could enjoy it all by our own

Major orangutan study finds Sumatran population fell nearly 20% despite slower forest loss https://news.mongabay.com/2026/07/major-orangutan-study-finds-sumatran-population-fell-nearly-20-despite-slower-forest-loss/

Major orangutan study finds Sumatran population fell nearly 20% despite slower forest loss
JAKARTA — The number of Sumatran orangutans has declined by nearly 20% in the past decade and the critically endangered Tapanuli orangutan remains perilously close to extinction despite years of conservation efforts, according to a new study. The study, published in Global Ecology and Conservation, also suggests that habitat loss alone cannot explain the species’ […]

Today advocacy groups active in the US and Canada are launching a new “Charmin Wipes Out Bears” and “Charmin Wipes Out Forests” online advertising campaign alerting consumers that the US-based company Procter & Gamble is destroying Canada’s boreal forests to make toilet paper. Campaign videos and social media posts feature a crying bear dispossessed of its habitat, a poop emoji narrating footage of the destruction of Canada’s boreal forests, and a talking butt repeating Charmin’s claim …

Home - charmin
To bears, it’s home. To Charmin, it’s toilet paper. https://charminwipesoutbears.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/beartears_1920x1080_prores-720p.mp4 Charmin toilet paper wipes out forests and destroys bird, bear, and caribou habitat Despite sustainability claims, P&G is using hundred-year-old trees in Canada’s boreal forest to produce their toilet paper and paper towels. You can make a difference: don’t buy Charmin (or Bounty!) Choose brands […]

The Dark Forest Anthology of the Internet
https://darkforest.metalabel.com/dfc?ref=ystrickler.com&variantId=3

"El Niño may peak at the worst time for the Amazon – and it should worry us all - Jonathan Watts"
#ElNino #AmazonRainforest #Climate

El Niño may peak at the worst time for the Amazon – and it should worry us all
Delay to rainy season in forest already damaged by human-driven heating could trigger powerful ‘Godzilla’ El Niño

#footpathFriday , I'm back! here with a beautiful path that we walked last year in the #schwarzwald .
#eineSpurWilder

Waiting For The Sky To Empty (2026)
From two nights ago. More context & time lapse:
#SilentSunday

like paul simon, i too have attempted to mitigate my hearing loss by pointing a speaker directly at my head. enjoyed the "quiet celebration"/"7 psalms" at forest hills very much, though could've been... louder? was maybe most moved when the crowd covered the high note in "me & julio" #nyc

"Electric fences that kill and the Maasai trying to save Kenya’s last giant pangolins"
#Kenya #Pangolin #Animals

Electric fences that kill and the Maasai trying to save Kenya’s last giant pangolins
Naserian, a giant ground pangolin, lived for about two years in Kenya’s last remaining stronghold for this animal, Nyekweri Forest. When researchers from The Pangolin Project began tracking her in 2025, they observed her threading her way through a landscape where forests, farms and fences increasingly intersected. Each night, she emerged from the darkness of […]

The rulebooks that decide how your national forests get run, who gets a grazing permit, how a timber sale gets reviewed for damage to water and wildlife, what deadline you have to object before a decision goes final, aren’t written by Congress.
They’re written inside the Forest Service, in a system of manuals and handbooks most people never see.
And for decades, the law has treated the important parts of that system as public business, something the agency can’t change without …

Forest Service to Remove Your Voice from Public Lands Decisions
A new proposal would shrink the public’s right to comment on the rulebooks that govern grazing, logging, and permits across the national forests. Comment now.

... i was hoping to get pictures of hikers but it seemed everyone had an ill-behaved dog Sunday, but I got this mushroom instead...
#photo #photography #fungus

I wanted to post mountain photos more regularly again! So here's one trail from last year where I started really early to avoid the heat.
It was a hike that I did alone and met just like ... 2 or 3 people. Oh and I was glad to have a water filter with me!
I spotted a spring on my way up and - knowing that I'd come pack to it later - I didn't have to use my water sparingly.
Enjoy!

Small-scale farming, logging eclipse megaprojects as top threats to Tapanuli orangutan habitat https://news.mongabay.com/2026/07/small-scale-farming-logging-eclipse-megaprojects-as-top-threats-to-tapanuli-orangutan-ha…

Small-scale farming, logging eclipse megaprojects as top threats to Tapanuli orangutan habitat
JAKARTA — Large infrastructure projects have long dominated debate over the future of Indonesia’s Batang Toru ecosystem, the main stronghold of the critically endangered Tapanuli orangutan. But a new study suggests that while those projects have accelerated forest loss, the greatest direct threat to the ape’s habitat now comes from a much less visible source: […]

"Listening to birdsong in a forest lowered a person’s stress during experiment"
#Forests #Nature #Environment

Listening to birdsong in a forest lowered a person’s stress during experiment
Sitting in a small, restored forest while listening to birdsong lowered people’s stress and lifted their mood in the moment, according to a recent study published in the journal Environmental Conservation. Researchers asked 106 students at North Carolina State University in the U.S. to sit outdoors in noise-canceling headphones at two spots on campus: A […]

We've been out #hiking today. Luckily it wasn't that warm as the sky was covered in clouds - at least sometimes. But to be honest we were surprised that we met just a few people.
But the drought is undeniable. Usually the grass should be quite green.
Anyways. We had a 4h loop and saw a lot of blackberries and even Belladonna. Not a lot of motives around - or maybe it was too w…

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MorningShow
Frankie Rose:
🎵 A Forest
#FrankieRose
https://frankierose.bandcamp.com/track/a-forest-2
https://open.spotify.com/track/3GvTSXhAyZm7LrDXuPixpA

"Major orangutan study finds Sumatran population fell nearly 20% despite slower forest loss"
#Orangutan #Animals

Major orangutan study finds Sumatran population fell nearly 20% despite slower forest loss
JAKARTA — The number of Sumatran orangutans has declined by nearly 20% in the past decade and the critically endangered Tapanuli orangutan remains perilously close to extinction despite years of conservation efforts, according to a new study. The study, published in Global Ecology and Conservation, also suggests that habitat loss alone cannot explain the species’ […]

El Bosque Petrificado Piedra Chamana
(The Petrified Forest Piedra Chamana)
has been recognized as a significant paleontological site by the Peruvian government since 1997.
The forest, situated near the remote village of Sexi in the Andes Mountains, contains a diverse array of fossilized woods and leaves buried by a volcanic eruption 39 million years ago.
As part of its mission, the National Park Service (NPS) strives to promote conservation of cultural and natural r…

El Bosque Petrificado Piedra Chamana - Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument (U.S. National Park Service)
fossils

Indonesia’s most dangerous fires are burning underground #Indonesia

Indonesia’s most dangerous fires are burning underground
Indonesia’s dangerous peat fires are surging early in the 2026 fire season as a strengthening El Niño and severe drought dry out wetlands that can burn underground for months. These slow smoldering fires are especially destructive because they release far more fine particles and several pollutants than typical tropical forest fires, while thick smoke can make them difficult for satellites to detect.

August Evening (2026)
(Image taken on my only break during my evening cycle trip last night...)
#SIlentSunday #LandscapePhotography #Silhouette

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MorningShow
The Cure:
🎵 A Forest
#TheCure
https://mitchmurder.bandcamp.com/track/the-cure-a-forest-mitch-murder-cover
https://open.spotify.com/track/00Amd2EiGo17YoZyOjk3VV

The Pacific Northwest is facing its worst fire season in more than 30 years.
Scientists say drought, extreme heat and climate change are making wildfire seasons longer,
more frequent and more destructive across the western United States.
“The homes, the communities, they’re just not simply prepared for fire,”
says Paul Hessburg, former senior research ecologist at the U.S. Forest Service and professor of fire and landscape ecology at the University of Washington.

“Fire Climate”: Hot, Dry, Windy Days Are Becoming Common, Making Wildfires Harder to Control
The Pacific Northwest is facing its worst fire season in more than 30 years. Scientists say drought, extreme heat and climate change are making wildfire seasons longer, more frequent and more destructive across the western United States. “The homes, the communities, they’re just not simply prepared for fire,” says Paul Hessburg, former senior research ecologist at the U.S. Forest Service and professor of fire and landscape ecology at the University of Washington. Hessburg walks us through…

RE: https://mastodon.ie/@andrewg/117098562278114107
By that measure: A forest is merely the delivery mechanism for the timber, wildlife and land resources which, once extracted, generate income, rents, appreciate in value, and provide economically valuable ser…

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
KILN:
🎵 Royal Peppermint Forest
#KILN
https://kiln-audio.bandcamp.com/track/royal-peppermint-forest
https://open.spotify.com/track/4nI1iTshjaTs6fOROGu64A

"Barclays faces complaint over backing for power plant near world’s largest mangrove forest"
#Barclays #Finance #Environment

Barclays faces complaint over backing for power plant near world’s largest mangrove forest
Bangladeshi complainants allege Rampal power station’s pollution and climate risks threaten the Sunderbans, a world heritage site

"It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don't keep your feet, there's no knowing where you might be swept off to."
I stepped on my #MTB and suddenly found myself in the #mountains. I was thinking whether to go back down to …

Amazon fires were almost nonexistent before humans arrived #Amazon

Amazon fires were almost nonexistent before humans arrived
The Amazon rainforest rarely burned before humans arrived. A 10,000-year record reveals how human-set fires transformed the forest over time.

The EU approved an antideforestation law. The US paper lobby sought to weaken it https://news.mongabay.com/2026/09/the-eu-approved-an-antideforestation-law-the-us-paper-lobby-sought-to-weaken-it/

The EU approved an antideforestation law. The US paper lobby sought to weaken it
When the European Union’s new anti-deforestation law threatened to expose the environmental costs of logging in North America’s forests, the American paper industry, supported by the U.S. government, mobilized an intense lobbying effort to weaken the legislation. According to lobbying disclosures, the American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA), a leading trade group representing paper and […]

Post-Perseids Sunrise At Raisting Earth Station (2026)
(Pictures from between 5-6AM this morning... I still need to process the meteor shower images from the hour before, but not holding my breath...)
#LandscapePhotography #RadioTelescope

Note to myself. At more than 22% incline, I should lean forward - at least if I don't want to drive a wheely.
#cycling #mtb

Unprecedented biomass loss in Europe's forests since 2018 #Europe

Unprecedented biomass loss in Europe's forests since 2018
Using satellite data, researchers at TUM have identified an unprecedented loss of aboveground biomass in Europe's forests since 2018. Unlike previous studies that focused solely on changes in tree cover, this study provides the first Europe–wide assessment of changes in forest biomass.

Another impression from last night's cycling trip...
Same place, ten minutes later:
#SilentSunday

Fog Over Forggensee (2026)
(Stunning light & fog encounter on a recent early morning walk...)
#LandscapePhotography #NaturePhotography #Fog