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"Report finds increased tropical forest regrowth over the last decade"
#Trees #Forests #Environment

Report finds increased tropical forest regrowth over the last decade
Natural forest regrowth in the world’s tropical rainforests is expanding. According to the Forest Declaration Assessment 2025, more than 11 million hectares (27 million acres) of tropical moist forests are under some stage of forest regrowth between 2015 and 2021. The growth is most notable in the tropical areas of Latin America, where regrowth increased […]

It has happened to the best of us: You forgot the name of a function or the package that function was in but you are sure its there somewhere and does exactly what you need! Introduce {forgot}, it helps you find that function: https://github.com/parmsam/forgot

GitHub - parmsam/forgot: R package to search for that one function you need in that one package
R package to search for that one function you need in that one package - parmsam/forgot

I’m old enough to remember `-ms-high-contrast-adjust: none;` to remove the backplate that Edge added in 2016 (pre-Chromiedge).
Not surprised its `forced-colors` version is frustrating authors:
“forced-color-adjust: none is an unavoidable foot gun”
https://sarahmhigley.com/writing/force

forced-color-adjust: none is an unavoidable foot gun | Sarah Higley
A very long treatise on why text backplates were a bad idea. Most of the time.

How xAI is building Colossus 2, which is on track to be the world's first gigawatt-scale AI datacenter after reaching 200MW in six months (Jeremie Eliahou Ontiveros/SemiAnalysis)
https://semianalysis.com/2025/09/16/xais-colossus-2-first-gigawatt-datacenter/…

xAI’s Colossus 2 – First Gigawatt Datacenter In The World, Unique RL Methodology, Capital Raise
Much has been written about xAI’s Colossus 1. The Memphis build belongs in the history books: the largest AI training cluster, erected from scratch in 122 days. With roughly 200,000 H100/H200s and …

💗 Forest expansion increases agricultural output, new study shows
#india

Forest expansion increases agricultural output, new study shows
Agriculture is the largest cause of deforestation. So, it follows that forest expansion efforts would displace agriculture—but new research from Georgia Tech's School of Economics reports that that's not necessarily the case. And not only that, forest expansion actually increased agricultural output in the study.

And great timing! Reading group post is up and got posted to the @… account
https://dwebyvr.org/dwebyvr-reading-group-first-meeting/

DWebYVR reading group first meeting
Our first reading for November 12th: Jo Freeman's essay The Tyranny of Structurelessness.

Clear-cutting forests linked to 18-fold increase in frequency and size of floods #environment

Clear-cutting forests linked to 18-fold increase in frequency and size of floods
Clear-cutting can make catastrophic floods 18 times more frequent with effects lasting more than 40 years, according to a new UBC study.

#anu

Australian National University walks back plans for forced redundancies as part of major restructure
The Australian National University abandons its plans for forced redundancies as part of its efforts to cut costs.

Commanders signing Titans 2022 first-round pick Treylon Burks to practice squad https://www.nfl.com/news/commanders-signing-titans-2022-first-round-pick-treylon-burks-to-practice-squad

"The World Is Failing to Slow the Loss of Its Forests"
#Trees #Forests #Environment

The World Is Failing to Slow the Loss of Its Forests