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gbif, magic mushroom map, landis soilscapes topsoil map

Goldilocks and the Queen Bee: Finding the ideal soilscape temperature for an important pollinator

Summary & Analysis by Haleigh Yang of “Soilscapes of Mortality Risk Suggest a Goldilocks Effect for Overwintering Ectotherms” by Waybright et al.
Read now!
www.amnat.org/an/newpapers...

A few impressions from my time in #Fuerteventura. Most people go there for the beaches and all-in hotels, but I came to see the #soilscapes.
Go to GondwanaTalks to read the article on this wonderful, forgotten place.
www.gondwanatalks.com/l/fuertevent...
#soilscience #soil #soilrocks #suelo

Fuerteventura, one of the Canary Islands, has astonishing #soilscapes. This #island became a desert after centuries of erosion. Its volcanic colours range from ochre to red, black and mauve. Life clings to rocks, dew and skeletic soils. 🤎🩵🧡
#Fuerteventura #CanaryIslands #Canarias #soilscience

Snape Mires must once have been one of N Yorkshire's great wetlands. A mere remained at time of Jeffreys' Map of Yorkshire (1771) but this was only part of a wider basin, with c.750 ha of fen peat mapped on www.landis.org.uk/soilscapes/. Area now deep drained but floods occasionally.

“Aerial bombings have great negative impacts by damaging environmental conservation efforts, destroying trees, disturbing soilscapes and undermining soil health.”
(Sciencedirect.com, “Managing the environmental impacts of war”, Hailemariam Meaza, et.al.)

Because of moving at some nebulous future point – come on, Darlo folks, expire so I have a place to live – I’ve been working out if the tap water is as delicious there as it is here.
www.landis.org.uk/soilscapes/i...

I wonder if those #Gardening living in England or Wales are interested in this map which gives the local soil types. For example if you have an allotment or are picking special plants for the garden. If nothing else it is interesting. www.landis.org.uk/soilscapes/

Soil health by 2050: respecting ‘soilscapes’ is the key