Woodwell Climate Research Center’s Post

A new study reveals lightning as the primary cause of wildfires in boreal forests, crucial for global carbon storage. With climate change, lightning frequency is expected to increase, posing a significant threat to these carbon-rich areas. This highlights the interconnectedness of our planet's systems and the escalating challenges of climate change. #Wildfires #ClimateChange #BorealForests #Lightning

#Climate change represents an existential threat to #coastal #freshwater #wetlands. In the final paper from Rebekah Grieger's PhD, we explored what the future might look like on the basis of how standing vegetation and soil seed banks respond to climate drivers. Read more here - https://lnkd.in/gB9kFc38

In this week’s Substack I come to the defense of treeplanters, who seem to be getting a bad rap in the #climate world, but the numbers pencil out. Forests won’t restore Holocene climate on their own, but they can make a big difference and give us much more. https://lnkd.in/g-TuPqhf

#ROADTOCOP28: FACT: While forests have long been considered the best natural defense in the battle against climate change, researchers have found that seaweed is in fact the most effective natural way of absorbing carbon emissions from the atmosphere. #climateresilience #climateadaptation #sustainability

🐙What are cryptic #refugia, what species live in them, and what is their importance in monitoring climate change? 🌊And how does the presence or absence of coastal #upwellings influence these refugia❓ ➡️Find out in this week’s #Previous_Research: https://lnkd.in/dnGAUm-B

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A recent study published in Nature reveals that microbes living in tree bark are playing a crucial role in removing greenhouse gases from the atmosphere. This new understanding emphasizes the critical importance of trees in combating climate change. https://lnkd.in/gtT_TQAK #nauresearch #trees #climatecrisis #greenhousegases

Today’s #ChartOfTheDay shows ocean heat content changes since 1955. Scientists from the James Cook University have found coral bleaching in the far northern parts of the Great Barrier Reef. Bleaching is caused by warmer water temperatures, and prolonged exposure to higher temperatures will cause it to die. Learn more from the latest nature and climate news: https://lnkd.in/eKX35SMb #ClimateChange

We explore how migratory bird species will be affected by climate change. . . . #birdmigration #birdmigrationday #DCCC #divechacentreforclimatechange #dayofeducation #DCCCTraining2024 #dccc #climatechange #weatherchanges #climateconditions #divechacenterforclimatechange

Our oceans cover over 70% of Earth, teeming with life and mystery. Yet, they face threats from pollution, climate change, and overfishing. Today, on World Oceans Day, let's pledge to protect this vital resource. #iceanimations #worldoceansday #protectouroceans #marinelife #oceanlife #oceans