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**gclef** @gclef@vivaldi.net · 1d

"Forests are a vital climate buffer as they suck up and store planet-heating carbon. They also play a crucial role in "silicate weathering," a chemical process involving rocks and rainwater — a key way of removing carbon from the atmosphere."

"The study... shows what might happen if rapid global warming causes the planet’s rainforests to collapse in the future — a tipping point scientists are very concerned about."

"If you warm tropical forests too much, then we have a very good record of what happens. And it’s extremely bad."

https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/02/climate/great-dying-extinction-tipping-point-tropical-forests

CNN · 1dThe ‘Great Dying’ wiped out 90% of life, then came 5 million years of lethal heat. New fossils explain whyBy Laura Paddison

#Amazon #Rainforest #Nature

**nieebel** @aligyie@digitalcourage.social · 1d

nieebel @aligyie@digitalcourage.social

"While crop seed vaults are common around the world, nurseries for wild and native plants are rare, and many plant species quietly become extinct. This marks #Gurukula out as a Noah’s ark for endangered plant species."

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/jul/01/kerala-india-rainforest-biodiversity-restoration-nature-gardeners-gurukula-western-ghats

"The primary vegetation around Gurukula Botanical Sanctuary is wet evergreen, medium elevation rainforest."

"Laly Joseph, the head of plant conservation at Gurukula Botanical Sanctuary, has spent most of her life learning about and caring for plants."

"An explosion of Alsophila spinulosa tree ferns, also known as flying spider-monkey tree fern. These are native species found in tropical and subtropical forests across Asia. An abundance of ferns can mean a healthy, high-quality habitat with minimal human disturbance."

#theguardian #guardian #biodiversity

**gclef** @gclef@vivaldi.net · 1d

gclef @gclef@vivaldi.net

Meanwhile... “A war of attrition on the Amazon rainforest is being waged through human-caused climate change and deforestation, which is sending this irreplaceable jewel of the planet to the brink.”

https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/14/climate/amazon-rainforest-climate-deforestation-collapse-int

CNN · Feb 14, 2024The Amazon has survived changes in the climate for 65 million years. Now it’s heading for collapse, a study saysBy Rosa Rahimi

#Amazon #Rainforest #Nature

**Syulang** @Syulang@pixelfed.au · 1d

Syulang @Syulang@pixelfed.au

A darker shade of green.

#DailyAustralia #Rainforest #Australia #Queensland

A darker shade of green - Barron Gorge NP

#queensland

**peachfront** @peachfront@toot.community · 2d

peachfront @peachfront@toot.community

why did this background end up so f'n yellow? the bird and branch are true color (this is Gray-headed Tanager)

mysteries of photography!!!

An alert bird with a gray head and yellow body is looking across the branch, presumably to his mate. (Not speculating here, I actually saw the birds copulating but in a spot too dark for me to get the shot). This is Gray-headed Tanager. The sky beyond is kind of a bright yellow-green. Photo by Peachfront. Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica.

#bird #birding #PostProcessing

**peachfront** @peachfront@toot.community · 2d

peachfront @peachfront@toot.community

it's been awhile since we've played Name This Birb

can u Name This Birb?

(hint: its name mentions a field mark you can't see from this angle)

A bird with a yellowfish head and breast, a bright red eye, and a longish (for a passerine) hooked bill sits on a bare branch. Beyond is the bright sky and some leaves from the other side of the tree. Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica. Photo by Peachfront.

#bird #birding #Rainforest

**udaykiran** @udaykiran@biodiversity.social · 4d

udaykiran @udaykiran@biodiversity.social

a monochrome image of a female Lion-tailed macaque with its infant on her belly. The infant curiously looking at the sub-adult who palm was visible on the tree of left side of the image.

**Uday Kiran** @udaykiran28@pixelfed.social · 4d

Uday Kiran @udaykiran28@pixelfed.social

This infant with barely any hair on its head glazing curiously at the sub-adult who was springing between the ground and the branch. With her moist eyes filled and reclining on the lap of its mother, who is busy in grooming herself, this infant perhaps already knew one day she will be jumping like her friend.

Lion-tailed macaque mothers nurse and carry their infants for up to a year, with weaning typically beginning at 5–6 months and completing by 9 months. Females reach sexual maturity at around 4 years, with the first birth often occurring soon after. The long inter-birth interval of 30–36 months, combined with delayed maturity, means population growth is slow—one reason this species remains endangered. Habitat loss and fragmentation in the Western Ghats further threaten their survival. #liontailedmacaque #wildlife #nature #primates #wildlifephotography #rainforest #infant

#infant

**Rich Stein (he/him)** @RunRichRun@mastodon.social · 4d

Rich Stein (he/him) @RunRichRun@mastodon.social

"The world’s rainforests are vital for our survival. They cover just 6% of the world’s land, yet host half of the planet’s species and store billions of tonnes of planet-warming gases, helping to mitigate climate change." Now there is a satellite that can help scientists "see" through thick cloud cover and penetrate the dense rainforest canopy to help analyze what is below.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-d7353b50-0fea-46ba-8495-ae9e25192cfe
#Space #satellite #ESA #Rainforest #Biomass #Nature #science

NewsBeneath the canopy: Pioneering satellite reveals rainforests' hidden worlds - BBC NewsFirst groundbreaking images from the Biomass satellite could change our understanding of rainforests

**Primo Natura** @primonatura@mstdn.social · 6d

Primo Natura @primonatura@mstdn.social

"Half a million hectares of rainforest were saved — in part thanks to journalism"

#Rainforest #Environment

https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/06/half-a-million-hectares-of-rainforest-were-saved-in-part-thanks-to-journalism/

Mongabay Environmental News · Jun 24Half a million hectares of rainforest were saved — in part thanks to journalismFounder’s Briefs: An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries. In a packed event held in Palo Alto, California, at the end of SF Climate Week in April, Willie Shubert, the vice president of programs and executive editor at Mongabay, shared a compelling example of how Mongabay’s journalism […]

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**earthling** @appassionato@mastodon.social · Jun 25 *

Jun 25 *

earthling @appassionato@mastodon.social

"We have found that ocean jungles and meadows absorb far more carbon than the same area of rainforest on land."

David Attenborough

#oceans
#rainforest
#carbon

**Mongabay** @mongabay@mastodon.green · Jun 23

Jun 23

Mongabay @mongabay@mastodon.green

Record-breaking forest loss in 2024: Tropical primary rainforest loss surged to 6.7 million hectares—nearly double the previous year—driven primarily by fire for the first time on record.

Latin America bore the brunt: Brazil accounted for 42% of global tropical forest loss, while Bolivia saw a staggering 200% increase; Colombia experienced rising deforestation linked to land grabs and coca cultivation.

By Rhett Butler
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/06/on-world-rainforest-day-the-world-confronts-an-unprecedented-wave-of-tropical-forest-loss/

Mongabay Environmental News · Jun 22On World Rainforest Day, the world confronts an unprecedented wave of tropical forest lossIf tropical rainforests are the lungs of the Earth, then 2024 was a year of respiratory failure. Fires, fueled by climate extremes and human recklessness, tore through vast stretches of forest at an unprecedented pace. According to satellite data from the University of Maryland and the World Resources Institute, 6.7 million hectares of tropical primary […]

#News #Conservation #Environment

**Praveen Yadav** @Praveen_Yadav343@mastodon.social · Jun 22

**Uday Kiran** @udaykiran28@pixelfed.social · Jun 22

Jun 22

Uday Kiran @udaykiran28@pixelfed.social

Lion-tailed macaques nurses and carry their infants under their belly until one year. Once they are matured, they are on their own. The age of females for the first birth is 6 years and the inter-birth interval is 30-36 months. The delayed sexual maturity and long inter-birth intervals is one of the factors for their low population turnover. #liontailedmacaque #nature #wildlife #primates #rainforest

#rainforest