Envirotec Magazine
SEPTEMBER 18, 2023
Satellite observations of one of the world’s biggest ecological experiments on the island of Borneo appear to reveal that replanting logged forests with diverse mixtures of seedlings can significantly accelerate their recovery. Restoring logged tropical forests is a crucial component of efforts to tackle both the nature and climate crises.
Grist
JUNE 29, 2022
logging and woods products industry has positioned itself as a purveyor of “natural climate solutions.” As our civilization begins the slow process of jettisoning fossil energy, logging interests assure us that wood products are not a retrogression but a way forward. This rosy view of logging, however, is hotly contested.
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Grist
APRIL 27, 2022
A new United Nations report released Wednesday shows farming, mining, and logging has marred more than half of the planet. organization, said that for too long, people have mined the earth, used its resources, and thoughtlessly discarded the rest. In turn, this has unleashed tons and tons of greenhouse gasses each year.
Green Roof Technology
MAY 27, 2021
In some cases an irrigation system (temporary or permanent) or enhanced drainage system should be considered to reduce stress conditions on the plants and to improve soil biology. Soil/Media extension layer (often described as drainage layer) to mimic natural soil profiles and avoid anaerobe conditions in rooting zone.
Grist
MARCH 11, 2024
The task of formalizing the geological era fell to the International Commission on Stratigraphy, the scientific organization which establishes global standards for such things. Epochs are typically stretches of several million years designated by clues left in the soil, rocks, and fossils.
Low Impact
OCTOBER 7, 2020
In this case, however, you are not layering pasta, tomatoes, cheese, etc, but organic materials that will compost in place to feed your plants. You could use reclaimed timber, logs, rocks, reclaimed bricks, clay, or even straw and mud to make edges. Reclaimed bricks laid directly onto the soil, or onto gravel.
Grist
APRIL 20, 2022
Lenniger lives in a log cabin in Goldstream Valley, a spruce-lined swale with a rolling view of the Northern Lights near Fairbanks. Sometimes, only a thin layer of soil covers yawning craters where the ice has vanished, what Hasson calls “ghost ice wedges.” student at the nearby University of Alaska Fairbanks, or UAF.
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