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"Grasslands are vanishing nearly four times faster than forests, global study finds"
#Grasslands #Environment
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Grasslands are vanishing nearly four times faster than forests, global study finds
Along with forests, grasslands and wetlands are also being converted to cropland and pasture at an increasing rate around the world—often for livestock farming and the export of agricultural products. An international team of researchers, including Martin Persson from Chalmers, has now analyzed for the first time where, for what purpose, and how quickly natural non-forest ecosystems are being converted into agricultural land on a global scale. The results show that these ecologically highly v…

Huge Oil Drilling Plan Threatens Alabama’s Conecuh National Forest https://biologicaldiversity.org/w/news/press-releases/huge-oil-drilling-plan-threatens-alabamas-conecuh-national-forest-2026-02-02/

Huge Oil Drilling Plan Threatens Alabama’s Conecuh National Forest
MONTGOMERY, Ala.— The Center for Biological Diversity and the Alabama Ornithological Society filed an objection today to the U.S. Forest Service’s proposal to allow oil and gas drilling across the entire 83,000-acre Conecuh National Forest in southern Alabama.

💧 Tropical forests generate rainfall worth billions, study finds
#water

Tropical forests generate rainfall worth billions, study finds
Tropical forests help to generate vast amounts of rainfall each year, adding weight to arguments for protecting them as water and climate pressures increase, say researchers. A new study led by the University of Leeds has put a monetary value on one of forests' least recognized services as a source of rainfall to surrounding regions, finding that each hectare generates 2.4 million liters of rain each year—enough to fill an Olympic-sized swimming pool.

Germany, Israel Hold First Joint Cyberattack Exercises
https://www.thetrumpet.com/33554-germany-israel-hold-first-joint-cyberattack-exercises

Germany, Israel Hold First Joint Cyberattack Exercises
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New Browns head coach Todd Monken explains how haircut kept him from first coaches photo https://www.nfl.com/news/new-browns-head-coach-todd-monken-explains-how-haircut-kept-him-from-first-coaches-photo

FIRST LAUNCH OF FP7! Will the new Ukrainian ballistics reach the Urals?: https://benborges.xyz/2026/03/01/first-launch-of-fp-will.html

Good lord.
Throwing it away... because a few of the worst people in the world have said horrible things.
#FirstNations #BCPoli
https://www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/article/bc-tells-first-nations-it-wants-to-suspend-dripa/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

It is thought that the first stars to form in our universe were made from almost entirely from hydrogen and helium,
with no heavier elements.
They were also enormous and blazingly hot, hundreds of times more massive and tens of thousands degrees hotter than the sun
⭐️We may have just glimpsed the universe's first stars
A galaxy spotted by the James Webb Space Telescope, known as Hebe,
that existed just 400 million years after the big bang
appears to c…

We may have just glimpsed the universe's first stars
A galaxy spotted by the James Webb Space Telescope, known as Hebe, that existed just 400 million years after the big bang appears to contain extremely pure and young stars

Erster Touchscreen-Mac: Apple plant kein „Touch-first“
Glaubwürdigen Berichten zufolge wird Apple erstmals einen berührungsempfindlichen Bildschirm in MacBooks einpflanzen. Es wird aber kein iPad-macOS-Hybrid.
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"Grasslands and wetlands are being lost to agriculture four times faster than forests"
#Environment #Nature

Grasslands and wetlands are being lost to agriculture four times faster than forests
Wild ecosystems such as grassland savannas, bush and open wetlands are losing ground worldwide to make way for large pastures and grain fields. A new study found these ecosystems are being converted at a rate four times higher than for forests.   Over a 15-year period, from 2005-2020, researchers found that 190 million hectares (470 […]