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Showing posts with label logging. Show all posts
Friday, June 20, 2025
Saturday, October 15, 2022
Thursday, February 25, 2021
HUMANS HAVE COEXISTED WITH WILDFIRES FOR MILLENNIA, CLIMATE CHANGE AND INDUSTRIAL LOGGING ARE MAKING THINGS WORSE
Sierra Club BC
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Wildfires devastate Fort MacMurray, Alberta, CA. Satellite photo by NASA. |
Intact Forests Are Our Biggest Allies Against Worsening Wildfires, But We Are Logging Them To The Brink. Story here.
Saturday, July 27, 2019
Amazon deforestation accelerating towards unrecoverable 'tipping point'
The Guardian
Data confirms fears that Jair Bolsonaro’s policy encourages illegal logging in Brazil.
Story here.
Story here.
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The Amazon rainforest near Manaus, capital of the Brazilian state of Amazonas (largely untouched by human hands, so far).Photo by Neil Palmer/CIAT. |
Thursday, July 25, 2019
‘You can’t drink money’: Kootenay communities fight logging to protect their drinking water
The Narwhal
In Glade, BC, where clear-cutting could begin any day, determined residents are pulling out all the stops in an effort to protect their local creek — even though a judge ruled they have no right to clean water. Story here.
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The south end of Kootenay Lk. Photo by Shawn from Airdrie, Canada. |
Wednesday, July 10, 2019
Seismic lines in Alberta's boreal forest boost methane emissions, according to UCalgary study
UToday
Newly discovered emissions would increase Canada's national reporting of greenhouse gases.
Story here.
Story here.
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Photo by Roland "Roly" Roesler. Photographer's Note |
This
is an aerial view of the Northern Alberta landscape, somewhere between
Athabasca and Swan Hills. It consists of numerous shallow lakes, muskeg, and
the typical vegetation including spruce, willow and poplars. The typical
patterns of the vegetation are determined by the consistence and composition of
the semi-solid soil underneath.
The parallel lines that scar the landscape are seismic lines used for oil and gas exploration, and they cover good part of the province. Seismic exploration is somewhat similar in principle to radar, and even more similar to the ultrasound used in medical facilities. Straight, parallel stripes up to 10 m wide are cleared with bulldozers, and drilling equipment follows these stripes sinking explosive charges in the soil. The sound of the explosions bounces back of rock layers, is collected by listening devices and used for mapping the geology and potential resources. The statistic says that in this oil rich province more ground is cleared for seismic lines than by forestry.
The parallel lines that scar the landscape are seismic lines used for oil and gas exploration, and they cover good part of the province. Seismic exploration is somewhat similar in principle to radar, and even more similar to the ultrasound used in medical facilities. Straight, parallel stripes up to 10 m wide are cleared with bulldozers, and drilling equipment follows these stripes sinking explosive charges in the soil. The sound of the explosions bounces back of rock layers, is collected by listening devices and used for mapping the geology and potential resources. The statistic says that in this oil rich province more ground is cleared for seismic lines than by forestry.
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