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reasonsforhope · 2 months

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"A century of gradual reforestation across the American East and Southeast has kept the region cooler than it otherwise would have become, a new study shows.

The pioneering study of progress shows how the last 25 years of accelerated reforestation around the world might significantly pay off in the second half of the 21st century.

Using a variety of calculative methods and estimations based on satellite and temperature data from weather stations, the authors determined that forests in the eastern United States cool the land surface by 1.8 – 3.6°F annually compared to nearby grasslands and croplands, with the strongest effect seen in summer, when cooling amounts to 3.6 – 9°F.

The younger the forest, the more this cooling effect was detected, with forest trees between 20 and 40 years old offering the coolest temperatures underneath.

“The reforestation has been remarkable and we have shown this has translated into the surrounding air temperature,” Mallory Barnes, an environmental scientist at Indiana University who led the research, told The Guardian.

“Moving forward, we need to think about tree planting not just as a way to absorb carbon dioxide but also the cooling effects in adapting for climate change, to help cities be resilient against these very hot temperatures.”

The cooling of the land surface affected the air near ground level as well, with a stepwise reduction in heat linked to reductions in near-surface air temps.

“Analyses of historical land cover and air temperature trends showed that the cooling benefits of reforestation extend across the landscape,” the authors write. “Locations surrounded by reforestation were up to 1.8°F cooler than neighboring locations that did not undergo land cover change, and areas dominated by regrowing forests were associated with cooling temperature trends in much of the Eastern United States.”

By the 1930s, forest cover loss in the eastern states like the Carolinas and Mississippi had stopped, as the descendants of European settlers moved in greater and greater numbers into cities and marginal agricultural land was abandoned.

The Civilian Conservation Corps undertook large replanting efforts of forests that had been cleared, and this is believed to be what is causing the lower average temperatures observed in the study data.

However, the authors note that other causes, like more sophisticated crop irrigation and increases in airborne pollutants that block incoming sunlight, may have also contributed to the lowering of temperatures over time. They also note that tree planting might not always produce this effect, such as in the boreal zone where increases in trees are linked with increases in humidity that way raise average temperatures."

-via Good News Network, February 20, 2024

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karinyosa · 7 months

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a tweet by azadeh shahshahani (@ashahshahani) that says, "anticipate heightened targeting of palestinian and muslim community members by the fbi in the coming weeks.

if you live in the u.s. south and are contacted by the fbi for questioning, contact us at project south.

the national lawyers guild has a national hotline: (212) 679-2811"

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#palestine #project south #national lawyers guild #muslim #muslim american #mena #south asian #middle east and north africa #middle eastern #north african #sikh #sikhism #american south #us south

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qmkcfw1jmjejm · 1 year

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Straight jock Dustin soles assaulted by old tickling lover Busty brunette ass whipped in dungeon MY HERO ACADEMIA Momo Yaoyoroz AND Hado Nejire (3D HENTAI) UMA BELA GOZADA DURANTE O BANHO White teen love black cock Sexy Nude dance Teen takes off her high heels and shows feet in Pantyhose La puta de Sandra Pineda manda pak Gay male latino ass cum hole and sex Some days are stiffer than Talented oriental bimbo pleasures her stud with an blow job job

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heartshapedcaskett · 1 year

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Elizabethtown, North Carolina

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folkfashion · 7 months

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Laarim woman, South Sudan, by Anibal Bueno

#laarim #south sudan #africa #folk clothing #traditional clothing #traditional fashion #cultural clothing #eastern africa

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inatungulates · 4 months

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Black wildebeest Connochaetes gnou

Observed by arthur_chapman, CC BY-NC-SA

#Connochaetes gnou #black wildebeest #Bovidae #antelope #Africa #South Africa #Eastern Cape

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quotidianish · 5 months

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Jade Winglet (minus Umber and Carnelian 😢) designs and another Winter/Turtle doodle

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henk-heijmans · 2 days

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Xhosa ox sitting on the shore, Hluleka, Eastern Cape, South Africa, 2019 - by Daniel Naudé (1984), South African

#Daniel Naudé #South Africa #Eastern Cape #Hluleka #Xhosa ox

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sitting-on-me-bum · 7 months

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Eastern water dragon photographed on the Illawarra escarpment in NSW.

Image credit: Keelan Orrock

#keelan orrock #photographer #eastern water dragon #reptile #australia #new south wales #animal #illawarra escarpment #nature #close-up #australian geographic

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thebrightestwitchofherage · 4 months

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Dear anti Zionists

I will try and make this brief and to the point since you often attack me without reading the entirety of my posts :

I’ve seen your recent posts about the trials in Haag, and the mockery you’ve made of the events of October 7th. That’s just disgusting. Freeing Palestine has nothing to do murdering Israeli civilians.

- This war was initiated by Hamas , a terrorist organisation on October 7th.

- You cannot deny that they invaded Israel and then massacred thousands of civilans , raped and mutilated women and children, kidnapped civilians , shot thousands of rockets, destroyed homes ….

There are currently 136 Israeli hostages still held in captivity, for almost 100 days. They’re held in underground tunnels and being withheld medical care and medications. The women are raped and the man tortured.

There are currently also hundreds of thousands of Israelis displaced from their homes due to the war.

-I will say it again: Literally every war or operation in Israel’s history was not initiated by Israel. It is always a matter of retaliation to foreign military invasion or terror attacks .

I’m only 22 and I have personally lived through one intifada, 4 wars and countless military operations.

We are all suffering because of Hamas. Once again- my city is often under attack and people I know are dead. And some of you here have absolute nerve to say that I’m privileged????

-Intifadas aren’t cute civilian uprisings. They’re violent terror attacks against civilians. Children’s Buses blowing up, restaurants blown up, shootings, stabbings, running over people…

read a damn book or something before you chant “Globalise the Intifadas🥹”.

-Have any of you here ever spoken to a Palestinian or an Israeli in your life? Do you even know anyone Jewish?

- Please give me actual example of the apartheid in Israel, I’m waiting. My Druze / Arabic colleagues , friends and I literally frequently joke about this claim.

-No, blockades between the West Bank/Gaza and Israel do not count.

There are ISIS affiliated/ Hamas terrorists in the West Bank and Gaza, territories that are not governed by Israel > there are borders check point. Israel has the right to defend itself against terror.

-by the way, Jordan and Egypt both have those blockades btw- I don’t see any of you attacking them? The hypocrisy…

- While I am not questioning the death and suffering of Palestinians , this has to be said:

The amount of Palestinian casualties during the Hamas-Israel war is estimated by unconfirmed sources , and isn’t corroborated by any neutral official organisation.

It was also proven that most of the casualties are terrorists.

The Gaza ministry of health= Hamas .

Al Jazeera= not credible &has been time and time again proved to be biased and anti-Semitic.

Furthermore, It’s been proven time and time again that Hamas terrorists work at UWNRA, and that Palestinian reporters in both Al Jazeera and western media outlets are in fact Hamas members/ supporters.

One of them literally joined the Al Qasam forces in their attack on October 7th, and was reporting rather enthusiastically on the murder of Israeli civilians. As the massacre continued around them.

You would rather believe terrorists & terrorists sympathisers than Jewish/ Israeli victims’ testimonies and the concrete evidence they provide.

-It seems like you’re ignoring what Gazans are saying in your attempts to “free Palestine”.

If Gazans themselves are saying Hamas are to blame for their terrible living conditions and war , why are you defending Hamas?

Why are you assuming that you know better than the people who are actually living this conflict?

-The IDF has been trying every tactic under the sun to alert civilians from incoming strikes. There are whole unites devoted to texting calling Gazan civilians. They have made millions of calls this war alone.

And yes, even the infamous flyers you joke about are used.

Do you know any other army that does that?

God I am so tired of the misinformation, lies and hatred here. So many of you are showing your true colours- ignorance and antisemitism.

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gy4rucartman · 7 months

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my stick of truth designs! i craved a historical focus... still fantasy based but....i havent seen it done yet at a global period-drama level so did i it myself au song

#south park #sp sot #sotad #stick of truth #sp stick of truth #kyle brovlofski #eric cartman #stan marsh #kenny mccormick #princess kenny #eric is russian. stan is korean. and japanese princess kenny is technically canon so i made it real #oh and kyle has biblical/middle eastern influences #mod vulture #mod vulture au #sp fanart #i call it stick of truth: ad bc why not

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underthestarlitsk-y · 2 years

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the al ghuls’ whole thing is supposed to be protecting endangered exotic species of animals etc so i really think that talia (arab princess-adjacent that she is) would definitely have falcons for falconry especially bc it’s literally part of her heritage

commissions

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propalitetz · 3 months

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*sets down the 94588464th drawing of balkan sapphics at your doorstep* (serbian from sumadija and outskirts of belgrade, respectively)

#balkan #slavic culture #slavic wlw #serbia #eastern europe #south slavic #slavic art #oc #wlw #sapphic #srbija #wlw art #sapphic art #bi wlw

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heartshapedcaskett · 11 months

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St. Christopher’s Church - Elizabethtown, NC

#thought I would upload more photos I took of this church since my other post about it is making rounds again #my photography #photography #church photography #rural photography #rural #small town #small town usa #South Eastern #southern gothic #southern gothic americana #americana #folk gothic #gothic americana #small town gothic #places #rural places #rural exploration

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lwiann · 5 months

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I saw your tweet about Gortash’s ethnicity and I strongly head-cannon him as being (at least part) Calishite, the ethnic group hailing from Calimshan, which is the Faerûnian equivalent of Turkey/Iran/gulf countries, which matches his given name.

The city of Baldur’s Gate even has a ‘Little Calimshan’ district which is sadly not in the game. Do with that information what ye will. 😌

https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Baldur%27s_Gate/Little_Calimshan

im looking at calishite outfits, i think it matches pretty well with his lower half. it's just really kind of a bummer that his parents got the default npc faces. but yeah i think this headcanon is very canon to me at this point hsdhshdhs

edit: checked his parents in game. they are definitely not default. i remembered wrong and i was stupid hsdgkdfkg my bad.

#gortash #so me thinking hes got such strong middle eastern features wasnt me being delusional #at some point i thought he also looks south asian but i think thats more of a bias hfjgkfdkg #yall no wonder im attracted to this man my asian ass just thought hes one of us

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inatungulates · 9 days

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Southern sable antelope Hippotragus niger niger

Observed by craigpeter, CC BY-NC

#Hippotragus niger niger #southern sable antelope #Bovidae #antelope #Africa #South Africa #Eastern Cape

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