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Even a small rise in temperatures could decimate North American forests

Grist

From 2007 to 2017, land-based ecosystems like the vast boreal forests of Canada and the Amazon rainforest removed roughly a third of anthropogenic carbon emissions from the atmosphere. At worst, it could include high levels of invasive woody shrubs, which are already common at the temperate-boreal border and are moving north quickly.”.

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Meat Industry Climate Claims – Criticisms and Concerns

DeSmogBlog

Producers claim their animal feed comes from responsible sources and their livestock use land unsuitable for other uses, all the while supporting biodiversity and capturing carbon from the atmosphere through holistic or other types of “regenerative” grazing. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service.

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Negative Emission Technologies And Land Use

Energy Innovation

2017, Faulk, 2019). If massive negative emissions are required this century to stay below 2°C of warming, what are the likely approaches and their characteristics at the scale of GtCO 2 removed per year? But how do these land use changes impact agriculture, biodiversity, and other considerations? References. Rockström, J.,

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Can burning biomass be sustainable?

Low Impact

Many local people are furious at the damage done to their forests by logging corporations ripping out whole trees with Star-Wars machinery that first churns up and then compacts the soil. Some debris from felling must be left on the forest floor to maintain soil condition and biodiversity. Chatham House, 2017.

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'Net zero doesn't solve the problem': Five key lessons from the CCC's climate risk assessment

Business Green

Neither was there any consideration of these climate threats and their implications in the Future Homes Standard consultation, the 2017 Industrial Strategy, Parliament's pioneering Climate Assembly initiative, or the doomed Green Homes Grant scheme. And that is assuming the world can move on to a 2C global warming pathway.

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How farmers and seaweed can help tackle ocean pollution

Business Green

Take a look at the " nine planetary boundaries ", the limits that scientists say humans must respect to keep the planet habitable, and you'll see we're already beyond the safe operating space for four of them: climate change; land-system change; biodiversity; and biogeochemical flows of phosphorus and nitrogen.

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Learning how to garden a forest

Grist

This array of species and surfaces reduces fire intensity and promotes biodiversity. The approach proved itself when the 2017 Tubbs Fire burned 95 percent of the preserve and the 2019 Kincade Fire scorched 60 percent. Although the forest was thriving before the fires in 2017 and 2019, we see few signs of regeneration.