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#ClimateChange mitigation.

Wrong idea - The tech heads talk of constructing Carbon Capture machines. That would require hundreds of thousands of machines, more mining, more power consumption #fail

Right approach #nature

But, the photo of another deforested landscape. This is not wetland, Tree's used to & would grow here. Sheep keep it looking like this.

Photo taken in #Sheep District National Park, #England (officially called the Lake District National park)

#ClimateAction #ClimatePolicy
The photo shows a stream running through a deforested landscape. The only place where the odd tree grows is where humans or sheep couldn't get to them (e.g., on the vertical rocky crags). As Tree's grow they capture carbon. To mitigate climate change we need to use solutions, big & small, that don't emit & or sequester atmospheric carbon dioxide
#FAIL #nature #ClimateChange #england #climateaction #sheep #climatepolicy

Have you ever noticed the various colors of different oceans? This is under the Juno Pier in South Florida on the Atlantic. Every picture I have taken there, the water is a beautiful blue or as someone suggested it’s more of an aquamarine blue.

The ART: https://tinyurl.com/czcnndpf

#Nature #Photography #architecture #Art #Artist #fediart #Florida #Pier #MastoArt #Photo #waves #seascape #
Under the Juno Pier on the beautiful Atlantic coast of Florida. Deep blue waves crashing under the pier

Under the Juno Pier Matted Fine Art Print - Etsy

This Wall Decor item is sold by RHPrintsCo. Ships from Santa Fe, NM. Listed on Apr 20, 2023
tinyurl.com
#photography #art #photo #architecture #nature #mastoart #fediart #florida #artist #seascape #waves #pier

View from my Studio Window
By Charles Schaefer

#art #nature #painting #mastoart
Painting of a blue a white coloured stream. On the left the soil is covered with grass in several shades of green. There are some thin trees with brown trunks and little light yellow leaves. On the right is a grey and blue coloured quay, with some green bushes on it. In the background through the trees you see more blue water and the shape of blue mountains. The sky is light blue.
#art #nature #mastoart #painting

Brief #Introduction, since it seems to be the etiquette around here. Hi! I'm Mel, a PGR at QMUL researching abortion policy implementation in subnational Argentina, through lenses of various geographies, #policy and subnational studies, and literature on #feminist #activism. Expect toots both in #Spanish and #English. Alongside #academicchatter, expect pictures and commentary on #popculture, #cats, #nature and #food, as needed.
#cats #nature #English #introduction #food #policy #Spanish #feminist #PopCulture #activism #academicchatter

Red Squirrel.

It was a change for me to watch a few of these in a deciduous woodland. They're so often photographed in pine or fir tree forests.

Made for rather autumnal colours behind the squirrel, as it sat on a stump, eating a nut.

Canon R7, RF100-500mm, f/7.1, 1/400th, ISO 3200 at 324mm.

#RedSquirrel #squirrel #wildlife #photography #nature
A red squirrel sitting on a tree stump, eating a nut, with autumnal colours as a backdrop.
#photography #nature #squirrel #Wildlife #RedSquirrel

Many can identify with life being challenging. Which brings to mind the 1.5 mile hike to Crabtree Falls in NC. Listed as easy/moderate. Rain the day earlier made the rocks slick & mud on trail difficult. The Fall foliage cradling the cascading waters was pure Zen. To all currently on life's difficult trail, may you find inner peace.

Falling Into Autumn ---> https://chrystyne-novack.pixels.com/featured/falling-into-autumn-crabtree-falls-nc-chrystyne-novack.html

#AYearForArt #Photography #BuyIntoArt #Nature #NorthCarolina #FediGiftShop #WaterfallWednesday #Shinrinyoku
Cradled between the fall foliage of yellows, golds and greens the cascading waters of Crabtree Falls in the Blue Ridge Mountains is a welcome sight after a mile and a half hike.

Falling into Autumn - Crabtree Falls NC by Chrystyne Novack

Chrystyne Novack - Website
#photography #nature #NorthCarolina #fedigiftshop #ayearforart #BuyIntoArt #waterfallwednesday #shinrinyoku

Relevant to my previous post, here is another article about the tragic ongoing loss of biodiversity.

TITLE -- "Biodiversity: State of Emergency"

Key points:

◘ By 2050, 38-46% of animal and plant species could be wiped out from the planet.

◘ Of particular concern are Central and South America, sub-Saharan Africa, and Asia, which are more vulnerable to soil impoverishment.

◘ Within 30 years, the number of people living in arid regions could rise from 2.7 to 4 billion, increasing the risk of migration crises.

◘ Land degradation and climate change, leading to declining crop yields and social and economic instability, are likely to force 50-700 million people to migrate by the middle of the century.

FULL ARTICLE -- https://news.cnrs.fr/articles/biodiversity-state-of-emergency

#Nature #Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #Biodiversity #Extinction
Photo of a lone elephant crossing the savannah in Africa.

Biodiversity: State of Emergency

The IPBES, which is to biodiversity what the IPCC is to climate change, recently published five reports at its sixth plenary session held in March in Medellín, Colombia.
CNRS News
#nature #environment #ClimateChange #climate #biodiversity #extinction

Glowworm beetle. #Nature

via Brian Roemmele from Twitter
#nature

A small Leaf Beetle, genus Trichochrysea, spotted at Chestnut Nature Park, Singapore, on 15 March 2023. This beetle is shiny, and covered in a layer of hairs.

On iNaturalist [ https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/151199689 ]

#iNaturalist #Nature #Singapore #Photography #Insects #Beetles #Coleoptera
A tiny dark leaf beetle, with a body that is covered in lots of tiny white hairs. Same description as first image.
Same description as first image. Same description as first image.

Genus Trichochrysea observed by Soh Kam Yung

Trichochrysea from Central Water Catchment, Singapore on March 15, 2023 at 11:06 AM by Soh Kam Yung
iNaturalist
#photography #nature #insects #inaturalist #singapore #beetles #coleoptera

A new year-long project of photographing a large country park has begun. It's a daunting task as the area is rich in wildlife and flora, and includes several large reservoirs, so in sweltering heat I started small in one of the many meadows. Please click for full views.

Butterfly orchid | Mating Meadow Browns | Common Blue Damselfly | Common sorrel among Yorkshire Fog Grass

#photography #nature #wildlife
Colour portrait format image showing the delicate ivory flowers of a Butterfly Orchid, which rise from a broad single stalk in the shade of long grass A Common Blue Damselfly clings to the seed head of Yorkshire fog grass with its delicate wings folded back over its segmented body
Portrait format image of a mating pair of Meadow Brown butterflies clinging to a stalk of grass in a meadow. They even fly attached in this way. Portrait format colour image showing the dark pink petals of Common Sorrel set against an out-of-focus backdrop of Yorkshire Fog Grass, with hints of other stalks of sorrel just visible
#photography #nature #Wildlife

A Peacock Royal (Tajuria cippus) spotted at Bukit Gombak Park, Singapore, on 10 June 2023. The hint of blue seen on the upperwing near the tail shows that this one is a male.

On iNaturalist [ https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/166553195 ]

#iNaturalist #Nature #Singapore #Photography #Insects #Butterflies #Lepidoptera
A butterfly with greyish-white wings on the underside. There is a series of dark marks near the margin of the wings.

Peacock Royal (Tajuria cippus) observed by Soh Kam Yung

Peacock Royal from Bukit Batok, Singapore on June 10, 2023 at 09:16 AM by Soh Kam Yung
iNaturalist
#photography #nature #insects #inaturalist #singapore #butterflies #lepidoptera

"The Forest" is an illustration thinking about the fauna & flora of the natural park of Montejunto in Portugal. There is a small exhibition in Santarém and all the sales revert to the wildlife recovery center of Montejunto 😀
If you're in Portugal come visit!
#illustration #drawing #nature #botanical
Illustration about wildlife in the mountains of Portugal.
#Drawing #nature #illustration #botanical

The world is full of horrors and wars. And also wonderful people.

http://www.notzen.net/2015/03/not-zen-155-traumatic-stress.html

#notzen #taoism #nature #death #inspiration #stoicism #buddhism #zensunday

Not Zen 155: Traumatic Stress

Stories on life death enlightenment zen buddhism religion philosophy stoicism meditation dao daoism tao taoism gentleness kindness and samsara
www.notzen.net
#nature #buddhism #death #inspiration #stoicism #taoism #notzen #zensunday

Once upon a time, ~40M years ago, there was a species of penguin that was 6'8" (2m) tall & 250 lbs (115kg) called Palaeeudyptes klekowskii, also known as the ‘mega penguin’ https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25990-extinct-mega-penguin-was-tallest-and-heaviest-ever/ #science #history #nature #SharedPlanet
A comparison of the mega penguin, a human male & the emperor penguin. Credit: New Scientist

Extinct mega penguin was tallest and heaviest ever

A fossil foot bone found in Antarctica suggests that one extinct species of penguin was a true giant, clocking in at 115 kilograms
Jeff Hecht (New Scientist)
#nature #history #science #sharedplanet

The next mountain over from expertise is the one of mentoring.

http://www.notzen.net/2015/04/not-zen-157-next-mountain.html

#notzen #taoism #buddhism #mentoring #nature #nature #stoicism #zensunday

Not Zen 157: Next Mountain

Stories on life death enlightenment zen buddhism religion philosophy stoicism meditation dao daoism tao taoism gentleness kindness and samsara
www.notzen.net
#nature #buddhism #stoicism #taoism #notzen #mentoring #zensunday

It appears the fast-track to getting reported is to post in any of the following hashtags: #Introduction #TwitterMigration #NewHere #Mastodon #fediblock #FediTips #boost #MastoTips #birdsite #Welcome #Fediverse #FediMeta #ElonMusk #TwitterRefugee #History #BlackHistoryMonth #BlackTwitter #BlackFedi #BLM #BlackLivesMatter #BlackMastodon #Trending #TrendingNow #TrendingTopics #photography #art #mastoart #music #ai #ukraine #catsofmastodon #chatgpt #photomonday #twitter #fotomontag #nature #writing #books #brexit #dogsofmastodon #linux #podcast #thelastofus #comics #gaming #hartaberfair #youtube #history #cats #science #news #eu #poetry #covid #nowplaying #writingcommunity #amwriting #bookstodon #aurora #ttrpg #dilbert #hogwarts #harrypotter #pikamee #love #tolerance #acceptance #10grans #TokyoCameraClub

Don't do that.
#twitter #fediverse #blacklivesmatter #cats #ttrpg #linux #mastodon #photography #newhere #art #nature #music #EU #BlackHistoryMonth #podcast #AI #love #writing #COVID #introduction #BLM #amwriting #mastoart #youtube #history #trending #science #Gaming #fediblock #NowPlaying #dogsofmastodon #mastotips #feditips #news #poetry #Ukraine #books #elonmusk #comics #tokyocameraclub #dilbert #boost #welcome #WritingCommunity #catsofmastodon #Birdsite #twittermigration #BlackMastodon #twitterrefugee #aurora #FediMeta #chatgpt #blacktwitter #bookstodon #tolerance #fotomontag #blackfedi #trendingnow #10grans #trendingtopics #hogwarts #hartaberfair #photomonday #acceptance #brexit #harrypotter #thelastofus #pikamee

When on my walk at Lake Washington I’m always on the lookout for my little American Mink friend, so cute and curious, likes to play peekaboo. Tap for full view😀)
More wildlife shots here https://fineartamerica.com/profiles/ez-lorenz?tab=artworkgalleries&artworkgalleryid=1070765&page=1
#wildlife #mink #nature #seattle #washingtonstate #pnw #portrait #MastoArt #artbooster #AYearForArt #WhiskerWednesday
Portrait of a wild American mink, head shot, while he’s looking directly into my camera, playing peekaboo with me at the shore of Lake Washington. The low angle morning sun illuminates his right side, makes his brown fur, right eye nice and shiny.

EZ Lorenz Imagery Artwork Collection: Wildlife

Browse through images in EZ Lorenz Imagery's Wildlife collection. Wildlife, captured in the wild, in their natural habitat
EZ Lorenz Imagery (Fine Art America)
#nature #mastoart #seattle #Wildlife #portrait #WashingtonState #mink #pnw #artbooster #ayearforart #whiskerwednesday

Here's some #FungiFriday news:

In Hungary we have an online vote every year for Fungus of the Year.

The 2023 vote just concluded, and it seems like the 2023 Fungus of the Year will be the Gomphus clavatus (a.k.a. pig's ears).
It beat the citron amanita and the pine bolete.

(We also have votes for Mineral of the Year, Bird of the Year, Wildflower, Butterfly, Fish, Insect, etc. I live for these votes.)

#nature #animals #fungi

(Image from Wikimedia)
A close-up photo of pig's ears mushroom, light tan and frilly, in grass.
#nature #fungi #animals #fungifriday

This comic hits home, but when you see the 2007 publishing date in the lower right hand corner it hits even harder.

#climate #nature #sustainability #environment
Comic from 2007 with an adult man lecturing a young girl: “How about if your generation spends less time studying how my generation destroyed the environment, and more time figuring out a magical solution?” From bizarro.com.
#nature #environment #climate #sustainability

A recently-eclosed periodical cicada waits for her new cuticle to harden. Panther Creek State Conservation Area, Illinois. Photo from 2014.

#molting #entomology #cicadas #insects #photography #nature
A pale insect with vast, netlike wings hangs from a twig, against a completely black background.
#photography #nature #entomology #insects #Cicadas #molting

Prompt 2: Tree

A Transylvanian Roma folktale says in the old days trees could walk.
A rich man once saw a beautiful old oak, and ordered it to follow him home, to be cut up as firewood. Then he ordered the tree to carry him and his food along the way. Then ordered it to steal the bell from the church tower, just because.
At that point, lightning struck, and God decided trees should not walk and obey people anymore.

🌳 🌳 🌳

#FolktaleWeek #FolktaleWeek2022 #folklore #folktales #trees #nature
#nature #trees #folklore #folktaleweek #folktaleweek2022 #folktales

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