Wetlands play a vital role in the structure and function of our forests. @AlbertaPacific collaborates with various teams and partners to better understand, restore, protect, and minimize potential wetland disturbance. Learn more: https://t.co/2vCsFYCMMB #WorldWetlandsDay2022
Wildfire smoke is stretching from Illinois to Italy. Hundreds of wildfires in Canada have already scorched twice as much land as what typically burns in an entire season, according to the Canadian Wildland Fire Information System. Get the view from space: https://t.co/mMtKT1jKXl
2023 now is in first place for area burned in BC since 1950. Surprisingly, most of the fire season is ahead of us and we have already passed the recent record-breaking years of 2017 and 2018. https://t.co/mzgIKqLFvJ
This amazing figure from yesterday's #IPCC report shows the potential of different approaches to mitigate climate change
It exposes two common misconceptions about 'natural climate solutions'
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Mosses make up most of the diversity in northern regions and often more than 50% of ecosystem productivity and carbon uptake from the atmosphere. Tiny superheroes. Where are my moss lovers?
THE FINAL OF THE #WetlandCup IS HERE! Who wins? BEAVER WETLANDS vs. SPHAGNUM MOSS. You decide! Vote for your winner below and make sure to give it a RT so we can get as many votes as possible!
Round 29 of the #WetlandCup is raised bog vs. beaver wetland! Who will you send through to the FINAL?! Please give it a RT so we can get as many votes as possible
3) Peat holds a lot of water, protecting not only peatlands but ENTIRE landscapes from drought.
4) While peat can burn, it protects ecosystems from severe burning. More peat = good 🔥
5) Peat promotes diversity & strange critters that make our world beautiful & interesting. 2/2
5 reasons why peat is powerful:
1) Peat is 50% carbon. That C was taken out of the atmosphere by plants and soils and put into ecological lockdown. Let's keep it there.
2) Peat archives everything from past climate to archeological records. Peat = information we need. 1/