Jo Mack
@jomack55.bsky.social
Old archaeologist, new earth & environment student with the Open University
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Things are not always what they seem: The deer isn't crossing the road. The road is crossing the forest! 🌳
We need nature more than ever. #ActOnClimate
#climate #energy #nature #cop16 #cop16cali
We need nature more than ever. #ActOnClimate
#climate #energy #nature #cop16 #cop16cali
June 21, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Things are not always what they seem: The deer isn't crossing the road. The road is crossing the forest! 🌳
We need nature more than ever. #ActOnClimate
#climate #energy #nature #cop16 #cop16cali
We need nature more than ever. #ActOnClimate
#climate #energy #nature #cop16 #cop16cali
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Peatlands occupy just 3% of all land but contain more carbon than all of the world’s forests.
Often overlooked: typically flat, wet, often inaccessible, not always picturesque & all the carbon they hold is hiding below the surface.
80% of the UK bogs are degraded by draining, overgrazing, burning.
Often overlooked: typically flat, wet, often inaccessible, not always picturesque & all the carbon they hold is hiding below the surface.
80% of the UK bogs are degraded by draining, overgrazing, burning.
World’s largely unprotected peatlands are ticking ‘carbon bomb’, warns study
World’s largely unprotected peatlands are ticking ‘carbon bomb’, warns study
Bogs and swamps are a colossal carbon store but their continued destruction would blow climate change targets
The world’s peatlands are “dangerously underprotected” despite the colossal amount of climate-heating carbon dioxide already being emitted due…
www.theguardian.com
February 13, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Peatlands occupy just 3% of all land but contain more carbon than all of the world’s forests.
Often overlooked: typically flat, wet, often inaccessible, not always picturesque & all the carbon they hold is hiding below the surface.
80% of the UK bogs are degraded by draining, overgrazing, burning.
Often overlooked: typically flat, wet, often inaccessible, not always picturesque & all the carbon they hold is hiding below the surface.
80% of the UK bogs are degraded by draining, overgrazing, burning.
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The government is asking for your input on a new Land Use Framework that will shape England's future. Balancing nature, housing, energy & food security is crucial. What’s your take on it? Find out more and have your say before 25 April | Kate Moore
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @oscarwoofs.bsky.social
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @oscarwoofs.bsky.social
Land debate: Will new strategy improve haphazard land management?
Land use in England is at a crossroads, balancing housing, nature, farming, and energy needs. Your views are sought to deliver a strategy
eastangliabylines.co.uk
February 13, 2025 at 2:41 PM
The government is asking for your input on a new Land Use Framework that will shape England's future. Balancing nature, housing, energy & food security is crucial. What’s your take on it? Find out more and have your say before 25 April | Kate Moore
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @oscarwoofs.bsky.social
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @oscarwoofs.bsky.social
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Nature is not a blocker to growth.
The UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves has claimed that 'The balance has gone too far in the direction of always protecting every bat and every newt.' But how can this statement be true when the UK is one of the most nature depleted countries in the world?🌍
The UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves has claimed that 'The balance has gone too far in the direction of always protecting every bat and every newt.' But how can this statement be true when the UK is one of the most nature depleted countries in the world?🌍
January 30, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Nature is not a blocker to growth.
The UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves has claimed that 'The balance has gone too far in the direction of always protecting every bat and every newt.' But how can this statement be true when the UK is one of the most nature depleted countries in the world?🌍
The UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves has claimed that 'The balance has gone too far in the direction of always protecting every bat and every newt.' But how can this statement be true when the UK is one of the most nature depleted countries in the world?🌍
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New study documents the increasing risks to cultural heritage sites in Illinois as a result of climate change. 🏺
The image of erosional impacts at Cahokia Mounds is pretty striking.
Link to the full report in thread.
blogs.illinois.edu/view/9269/73...
The image of erosional impacts at Cahokia Mounds is pretty striking.
Link to the full report in thread.
blogs.illinois.edu/view/9269/73...
Protecting Illinois' Cultural Heritage from Climate Change
Rising seas and intense storms dominate the headlines about climate change, but there is a quieter catastrophe already unfolding: the irreversible loss of cultural heritage. Across the state of Illino...
blogs.illinois.edu
December 14, 2024 at 10:29 PM
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OTD 29th November 1530, Cardinal Thomas Wolsey, Archbishop of York, died at Leicester Abbey while being escorted to London following his arrest at Cawood Castle near Selby shortly before. Wolsey had been stripped of his offices and properties by Henry VIII in 1529 partly as a
November 29, 2024 at 7:08 AM
OTD 29th November 1530, Cardinal Thomas Wolsey, Archbishop of York, died at Leicester Abbey while being escorted to London following his arrest at Cawood Castle near Selby shortly before. Wolsey had been stripped of his offices and properties by Henry VIII in 1529 partly as a
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The name Bluesky is growing on me.
Not just because we Dutch people have the best skies in the world ;)
View on Delft, by Johannes Vermeer, circa 1660-1661.
Not just because we Dutch people have the best skies in the world ;)
View on Delft, by Johannes Vermeer, circa 1660-1661.
December 2, 2024 at 5:09 PM
The name Bluesky is growing on me.
Not just because we Dutch people have the best skies in the world ;)
View on Delft, by Johannes Vermeer, circa 1660-1661.
Not just because we Dutch people have the best skies in the world ;)
View on Delft, by Johannes Vermeer, circa 1660-1661.