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Wilderness wildfires

"Beyond introducing foreign species to the landscape, the settler population sought to rid the land of any trace of what had existed before. Prior to the Nakba, the area of the Jerusalem Hills that last week’s fires tore through was heavily populated, with many villages spread across the landscape. Indeed, the expansive "Ayalon-Canada" forest, planted by the KKL in 1972 and now nearly entirely burnt to the ground, had already suffered two waves of devastation, albeit of another kind, in both 1948 and 1967.

"Beneath the remains of its trees may be found the ruins of four Palestinian villages: approximately 6,000 people once lived, farmed, and played there. With olive groves, fruit orchards, fields of grain, terraced farms and vegetable plots aplenty, the Jerusalem Hills were quite productive."

vashtimedia.com/land-tells-tru @palestine @israel

Vashti Media · The land tells the truthThe Jerusalem Hills wildfires were settler-colonialism-made.

"Climate change poses a particular risk to pine trees growing in dry areas, a new University of Eastern Finland study conducted in an urban recreational forest in Helsinki shows.
Tree mortality has increased in the 21st century. This phenomenon is primarily driven by drought, heat waves, pests and forest fires, all of which have become more common with climate change".
#pinetrees #climatechange #droughts #BorealForest

eurekalert.org/news-releases/1

EurekAlert!Climate change increases the risk of tree mortality in urban boreal forestsClimate change poses a particular risk to pine trees growing in dry areas, a new University of Eastern Finland study conducted in an urban recreational forest in Helsinki shows.

New research details impact of extreme #wildfires on #PineTrees

By Allie Ruckman
12 Apr, 2024

"It’s known that wildfires have adverse effects on humans, but what about the plants, animals and trees?

"New research by Mj Riches, a postdoctoral research fellow in the Colorado State University Department of Chemistry, found that poor, smoke-induced air quality affects ponderosa pine trees’ ability to maintain #photosynthesis and release natural chemical emissions. Riches estimates a 7-14% decrease in ponderosa pine growth rate due to heavy smoke."

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College of Natural Sciences · New research details impact of extreme wildfires on pine trees - College of Natural SciencesPoor, smoke-induced air quality affects ponderosa pine trees’ ability to maintain photosynthesis and release natural chemical emissions.