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Defensive rewilding could turn wetlands and forests into border barriers #nature

Defensive rewilding could turn wetlands and forests into border barriers
Restoring forests, wetlands and peatlands could help defend national borders as well as tackle climate change, according to new research from the University of East London (UEL). The study introduces the concept of "defensive rewilding"—the intentional, pre- or mid-conflict restoration of ecosystems to shape terrain in ways that can slow, redirect or impede military advances, while delivering environmental benefits.

So, it's been raining. We have a lake across the road right now....

#4000PoundsOfDailyDangerAtEveryBusyIntersectionRunningRedLightsIllegallyWithNoEnforcementThanksVPDAndCityOfVancouverYouDontReallyCareAboutSafetyOrYouWouldDoSomethingSeriouslySadFAce e.g. Woodland and 1st, Cypress and Broadw…

"Oil slick from bombed Iranian ship threatens protected wetland"
#Iran #Environment
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@… I can't remember it was """a while ago""".
I do remember liking the architecture, the woodland setting, and so on, although I wouldn't really want to live anywhere so sterile.

@EARieman @wdlindsy
The hearing was about the DOJ's shameful inaction on the Epstein Class's child rapists.
Pam Bondi was tasked to providing a spectacle so the rage-baiting tendency of the MSM would switch to tone-policing.
https://mstdn.social/@Npars01/1160718337885878…

foodweb_baywet: Florida cypress wetlands food web (1998)
Networks of carbon exchanges among species in the cypress wetlands of South Florida. One network covers the wet and the other the dry season. Each node represents a taxon (similar to a species), and a directed edge indicates that one taxon uses another as food.
This network has 128 nodes and 2106 edges.
Tags: Biological, Food web, Weighted

RE: https://toad.social/@wdlindsy/116393378368996692
“despite”…or “in part because of”?

In Brazil, regenerative farming advances, but deforestation still pressures ecosystems https://news.mongabay.com/2026/03/in-brazil-regenerative-farming-advances-but-deforestation-still-pressures-ecosystems/

In Brazil, regenerative farming advances, but deforestation still pressures ecosystems
SINOP, Brazil — In Brazil’s Mato Grosso state, the country’s agricultural heartland, vast stretches of lush Amazon rainforest and Cerrado savanna give way to seemingly endless fields of soy. Located in a transition zone where the Amazon and Cerrado meet the Pantanal wetlands, about 90% of the state’s area was once covered in native vegetation. […]

Methane spiked after 2020 and the cause was unexpected #environment

Methane spiked after 2020 and the cause was unexpected
Methane levels in Earth’s atmosphere surged faster than ever in the early 2020s, and scientists say the reason was a surprising mix of chemistry and climate. A temporary slowdown in the atmosphere’s ability to break down methane allowed the gas to linger, while unusually wet conditions boosted emissions from wetlands, rivers, lakes, and rice fields around the world. Pandemic-related changes in air pollution played a key role, indirectly weakening the atmosphere’s natural “clean-up” pr…