Tropical forests don’t just store carbon — they generate rain. Through “flying rivers,” forest moisture travels far inland, supporting farms and cities.

Even small-scale deforestation can cut precipitation. The Amazon’s rainmaking service alone is valued in the tens of billions annually.

By Rhett Ayers Butler
https://news.mongabay.com/2026/02/the-amazon-generates-20-billion-of-dollars-worth-of-rainfall-each-year-study-finds/

#news #agriculture #climate change #conservation #deforestation #ecosystem #hydroelectricpower

Tropical forests don’t just store carbon — they generate rain. Through “flying rivers,” forest moisture travels far inland, supporting farms and cities.

Even small-scale deforestation can cut precipitation. The Amazon’s rainmaking service alone is valued in the tens of billions annually.

By Rhett Ayers Butler
https://news.mongabay.com/2026/02/the-amazon-generates-20-billion-of-dollars-worth-of-rainfall-each-year-study-finds/

#news #agriculture #climate change #conservation #deforestation #ecosystem #hydroelectricpower

A research initiative revealing a diverse, overlooked #ecosystem of 255 #insect species inhabiting the shoots of perennial grasses, demonstrating a complex web of herbivores and parasitoids often ignored by conventional #biodiversity studies.
#AgriculturalScience #Entomology #Ecology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/02/agro02142601.html

A research initiative revealing a diverse, overlooked #ecosystem of 255 #insect species inhabiting the shoots of perennial grasses, demonstrating a complex web of herbivores and parasitoids often ignored by conventional #biodiversity studies.
#AgriculturalScience #Entomology #Ecology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/02/agro02142601.html

Happy Superb Owl & Silent Sunday for those who celebrate! 2/2

Here's my photo: Burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia) at nest, Cape Coral, FL, USA ©Carl R. Englander

#SuperbOwl #SilentSunday #Throwback #BelieveInFilm #NaturePhotography #Photography #PhotographersOfMastodon #Photo #Photographer #Color #Wild #Outdoors #Nature #Naturalist #Conservation #Biodiversity #Environment #Ecosystem #Ecology #Bird #Birds #Birding #Birder #Birdwatcher #Birdwatching #Owl #Art #Mastoart

Happy Superb Owl & Silent Sunday for those who celebrate! 2/2

Here's my photo: Burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia) at nest, Cape Coral, FL, USA ©Carl R. Englander

#SuperbOwl #SilentSunday #Throwback #BelieveInFilm #NaturePhotography #Photography #PhotographersOfMastodon #Photo #Photographer #Color #Wild #Outdoors #Nature #Naturalist #Conservation #Biodiversity #Environment #Ecosystem #Ecology #Bird #Birds #Birding #Birder #Birdwatcher #Birdwatching #Owl #Art #Mastoart

"The UK government didn’t want you to see this report on ecosystem collapse. I’m not surprised"

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/27/uk-government-report-ecosystem-collapse-foi-national-security

#UK #climate #environment #report #ecosystem

"The UK government didn’t want you to see this report on ecosystem collapse. I’m not surprised"

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/27/uk-government-report-ecosystem-collapse-foi-national-security

#UK #climate #environment #report #ecosystem

‘Global #ecosystem degradation and collapse threaten UK national security and prosperity. The world is already experiencing impacts including crop failures, intensified natural disasters and infectious disease outbreaks.

Threats will increase with degradation
and intensify with collapse. Without major intervention to reverse the current trend, this is highly likely to continue to
2050 and beyond.’

These are not the words of #Climate activists, this is national security experts speaking.

In the middle of an international crisis over #Greenland, #Starmer has quietly without fanfare released the Joint Intelligence Committee / Defra report on
'GLOBAL BIODIVERSITY LOSS, ECOSYSTEM COLLAPSE AND NATIONAL SECURITY' that his government suppressed last October.

Don’t let it be buried. Please share!

‘Ecosystem degradation is occurring across all regions. Every critical ecosystem is on a pathway to collapse.’

#biodiversity
#ecosystem
#nationalsecurity

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/696e0eae719d837d69afc7de/National_security_assessment_-_global_biodiversity_loss__ecosystem_collapse_and_national_security.pdf

Mote: An Interactive Ecosystem Simulation [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hju0H3NHxVI

#HackerNews #Mote #Interactive #Ecosystem #Simulation #video #Simulation #Gaming #EcoSimulation