Fascinating: “It’s no secret that preserving and restoring wilderness areas is good for ecosystems, but a new study has pinpointed another major benefit to rewilding. According to the study published in the journal Nature Climate Change, rewilding, or preserving and restoring wildlife and wilderness areas, could improve natural carbon sinks in ecosystems, therefore boosting natural methods of carbon capture and helping the world limit global warming to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels. Scientists studied nine wildlife
Interesting, new, challenging, depressing – John Oliver gives a really good view on water management issues in the southwestern United States. Worth looking into!
Very good presentation of the essential elements around the potential of vegetation to cool the climate and rehydrate Earth’s landscapes.
In October, we organized the international online Climate Landscapes Conference. Here is Rob de Laet’s presentation on »Global Action Plan: Let’s Cool the Planet with Nature!«. It is important to understand that carbon, water and energy cycles on land are closely linked. Restoring atmospheric and terrestrial water cycles in vegetation, soils, and the atmosphere is paramount to cooling the planet. This is the only way to stabilize precipitation patterns and prevent floods and droughts –
In October, we organized the international online Climate Landscapes Conference. Here is Vijay Kumar’s presentation on »Andhra Pradesh Community managed Natural Farming«. It is important to understand that carbon, water and energy cycles on land are closely linked. Restoring atmospheric and terrestrial water cycles in vegetation, soils, and the atmosphere is paramount to cooling the planet. This is the only way to stabilize precipitation patterns and prevent floods and droughts – locally, regionally and globally.
In October, we organized the international online Climate Landscapes Conference. Here is Alexa Mayer-Bosse’s presentation on »Beyond carbon certificates: Could other ecosystem functions bridge the gap between nature and finance?«. It is important to understand that carbon, water and energy cycles on land are closely linked. Restoring atmospheric and terrestrial water cycles in vegetation, soils, and the atmosphere is paramount to cooling the planet. This is the only way to stabilize precipitation patterns and prevent
In October, we organized the international online Climate Landscapes Conference. Here is Juliana Birnbaum’s presentation on »Land use practices for regeneration«. It is important to understand that carbon, water and energy cycles on land are closely linked. Restoring atmospheric and terrestrial water cycles in vegetation, soils, and the atmosphere is paramount to cooling the planet. This is the only way to stabilize precipitation patterns and prevent floods and droughts – locally, regionally and globally. For
In October, we organized the international online Climate Landscapes Conference. Here is Fred Hattermann’s presentation on »Designing a landscape for more water retention«. It is important to understand that carbon, water and energy cycles on land are closely linked. Restoring atmospheric and terrestrial water cycles in vegetation, soils, and the atmosphere is paramount to cooling the planet. This is the only way to stabilize precipitation patterns and prevent floods and droughts – locally, regionally and
Asking ChatGPT: »Compare a regenerative economy with a sustainable economy« A regenerative economy and a sustainable economy share similarities in that they both prioritize the responsible use of natural resources and strive for long-term ecological balance. However, there are some key differences between the two: Objectives: A sustainable economy aims to maintain the status quo and ensure that resources are used at a rate that can be sustained over time, without depleting them. In contrast,
In October, we organized the international online Climate Landscapes Conference. Here is Subimal Ghosh’s presentation on »Land-Atmosphere Feedback in Indian Monsoon«. It is important to understand that carbon, water and energy cycles on land are closely linked. Restoring atmospheric and terrestrial water cycles in vegetation, soils, and the atmosphere is paramount to cooling the planet. This is the only way to stabilize precipitation patterns and prevent floods and droughts – locally, regionally and globally. For
A new paper appeared »Tropical deforestation causes large reductions in observed precipitation«, indicating how (much) deforestation and precipitations in the tropics are linked: Here we show reduced precipitation over deforested regions across the tropics. Our results arise from a pan-tropical assessment of the impacts of 2003–2017 forest loss on precipitation using satellite, station-based and reanalysis datasets. The effect of deforestation on precipitation increased at larger scales, with satellite datasets showing that forest loss caused robust reductions
In October, we organized the international online Climate Landscapes Conference. Here is Sebastiaan Huismann’s presentation on »Water in the Landscapes, Farm Juchowo, Poland«. It is important to understand that carbon, water and energy cycles on land are closely linked. Restoring atmospheric and terrestrial water cycles in vegetation, soils, and the atmosphere is paramount to cooling the planet. This is the only way to stabilize precipitation patterns and prevent floods and droughts – locally, regionally and
In October, we organized the international online Climate Landscapes Conference. Here is Andrew Millison’s presentation on »Large scale water harvesting successes in India«. It is important to understand that carbon, water and energy cycles on land are closely linked. Restoring atmospheric and terrestrial water cycles in vegetation, soils, and the atmosphere is paramount to cooling the planet. This is the only way to stabilize precipitation patterns and prevent floods and droughts – locally, regionally and
In October, we organized the international online Climate Landscapes Conference. Here is Hermann Lotze-Campen’s presentation on »The role of an integrated land use planning for climate mitigation«. It is important to understand that carbon, water and energy cycles on land are closely linked. Restoring atmospheric and terrestrial water cycles in vegetation, soils, and the atmosphere is paramount to cooling the planet. This is the only way to stabilize precipitation patterns and prevent floods and droughts
In October, we organized the international online Climate Landscapes Conference. Here is Michal Kravčík’s presentation on »Implementation of the principles of the New Water Paradigm for Climate Recovery«. It is important to understand that carbon, water and energy cycles on land are closely linked. Restoring atmospheric and terrestrial water cycles in vegetation, soils, and the atmosphere is paramount to cooling the planet. This is the only way to stabilize precipitation patterns and prevent floods and
In October, we organized the international online Climate Landscapes Conference. Here is Lan Erlandsson’s presentation on »Soil moisture change exceeds planetary safe limits and jeopardize Earth system resilience«. It is important to understand that carbon, water and energy cycles on land are closely linked. Restoring atmospheric and terrestrial water cycles in vegetation, soils, and the atmosphere is paramount to cooling the planet. This is the only way to stabilize precipitation patterns and prevent floods and
In October, we organized the international online Climate Landscapes Conference. Here is David Ellison’s presentation on »On the power of forests (to water the earth) and cool the planet«. It is important to understand that carbon, water and energy cycles on land are closely linked. Restoring atmospheric and terrestrial water cycles in vegetation, soils, and the atmosphere is paramount to cooling the planet. This is the only way to stabilize precipitation patterns and prevent floods
In October, we organized the international online Climate Landscapes Conference. Here is Jan Pokorny’s presentation on »Role of vegetation in partitioning of solar energy, water cycle and local/regional climate«. It is important to understand that carbon, water and energy cycles on land are closely linked. Restoring atmospheric and terrestrial water cycles in vegetation, soils, and the atmosphere is paramount to cooling the planet. This is the only way to stabilize precipitation patterns and prevent floods
In October, we organized the international online Climate Landscapes Conference. Here is Christian Hildmann’s presentation on »From the need to cool the landscape to the location of specific measures using the example of the Elbe-Elster district (Germany)«. It is important to understand that carbon, water and energy cycles on land are closely linked. Restoring atmospheric and terrestrial water cycles in vegetation, soils, and the atmosphere is paramount to cooling the planet. This is the only
In October, we organized the international online Climate Landscapes Conference. Here is the introduction from the organizers into the conference. It is important to understand that carbon, water and energy cycles on land are closely linked. Restoring atmospheric and terrestrial water cycles in vegetation, soils, and the atmosphere is paramount to cooling the planet. This is the only way to stabilize precipitation patterns and prevent floods and droughts – locally, regionally and globally. For this,
