tag > Nature
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Ōhara (大原) - small village to the north east of Kyōto, Japan
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Interspecies Communication Matters
In France, a beautiful 15-year-old stallion named Peyo often comes to comfort and soothe terminal patients at the Techer Hospital in Calais. The horse chooses which patient he wants to see, kicking his hoof outside the door.
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The Mount Kasuga Primeval Forest, at the gates of the city of Nara, Japan
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Something is deeply wrong with how humans relate to nature
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New research aims to uncover long-term effects of glyphosate spraying on forests
Forests are complex ecosystems and dumping glyphosate on them has far-reaching impacts — some known, but most not. A forest serves many needs, glyphosate prioritizes one: commercial logging.
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The biomass distribution on Earth
This cool paper estimates the total biomass on earth. Animals constitute 2Gt of carbon. (1 Gt=1e15 g) This is mostly marine arthropods (1 Gt) and fish (0.7 Gt). Humans just 0.06 Gt. For comparison, plants are 450 Gt.
