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Rainforests. How do trees make it rain?
Earth and Leaf Editorial – Rainforests. How do Trees Make it Rain? Well, they are called rainforests after all. How do trees make it rain? It is important that everyone understands how this works. We must grow more trees, we must rehabilitate rainforest. Above all else we must listen to the science. Emily Kent Photography/Getty Images How do Trees make it Rain ? Rainforests are often described as the lungs of the Earth but they also perform another extraordinary function that receives far less attention. Through their roots, trees draw vast quantities of water from the soil – acting like giant natural pumps – which travel up the trunk and…
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Drax Should Have No Place in UK Climate Plan
Once again I have to talk about Drax. This company, Drax, burns old growth forest felled in Canada and imported to the UK. This is emphatically not green energy, nor is it renewable energy. They've just built a ship to facilitate this vile trade. Their ridiculous subsidies must stop. I need say no more.
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Biodiversity loss ‘threat to security’
Earth and Leaf Editorial – Biodiversity Loss This Biodiversity Loss article from the Ecologist is terrifying. Such is the impact of this article we are making it pillar content. The government didnt want you, the public, or us, to see this report. The government must act. We must work with the European Union very closely on this. In fact we need to rejoin the EU as a matter or urgency and national security. Read on. The science and fact behind this is absolutely solid. © Creative Commons Extract The British government’s own security experts join the dots between nature loss, security and the wellbeing of society. Global ecosystem degradation and…
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Carbon Brief
Earth and Leaf Editorial – Glossary: Carbon Brief’s guide to 25 ‘climate-friendly’ farming methods Carbon Brief tell us that global food systems are responsible for around one third of planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions each year. Does that include deforestation, transport of soya? If not then its much higher still. Lets find out. The answer? It does not include deforestation. Glossary: Carbon Brief’s guide to 25 ‘climate-friendly’ farming methods Extract Global food systems are responsible for around one third of planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions each year. Agriculture is also, by far, the biggest driver of deforestation and biodiversity loss. Producing less meat, using less synthetic fertiliser, stopping food waste and…
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Worlds Biggest Deforestation Project gets Underway in Papua for Sugarcane
World’s Biggest Deforestation Project
