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World's biggest cumulative logjam mapped in the N.W.T. — and it stores tons of carbon
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You won't assume of the Arctic as a spot with rather a lot of timber, however a latest research says the Mackenzie River Delta in the N.W.T. is residence to the world's biggest identified cumulative logjam — and it stores an enormous quantity of carbon. "In every single place you go, there's driftwood," stated Roy Cockney Sr., an elder dwelling in Tuktoyaktuk, N.W.T., which is above each the Arctic Circle and the treeline. Cockney stated the wooden provides folks in his group a supply of heating gas yr spherical, and it's generally used to construct cabins too. "It is one thing that we like, when it piles up it's good for us," he stated. When Alicia Sendrowski, a analysis engineer out of Michigan Tech Analysis Institute got here to Tuktoyaktuk to review logjams, Cockney confirmed her staff a spot alongside the coast with tons of driftwood pushed up in opposition to the shore. Roy Cockney Sr., an elder in Tuktoyaktuk, took Sendrowski and her analysis staff to this spot. He informed them that the giant piece of wooden in the foreground hadn't been there the yr earlier than, providing Sendrowski's staff perception into how rapidly the wooden can transfer from place to put. (Alicia Sendrowski)"There was this actually big log there, like an enormous tree, and he may inform us 'Oh, that tree wasn't right here final yr,'" stated Sendrowski, who was figuring out of Colorado State College when she did the fieldwork. That native information was "actually essential," she stated, as a result of it confirmed her how robust the river present could possibly be and how rapidly the logs may journey. 
How large is the logjam, and how a lot carbon does it retailer?
With the assist of satellite tv for pc imagery, Sendrowski and her staff studied 13,000 sq. kilometres of the Mackenzie River Delta, which lies above the Arctic Circle. They discovered greater than 400,000 caches of wooden. Added up, this cumulative logjam would span a 51 sq. kilometre space. That is roughly a 3rd the dimension of Yellowknife. Sendrowski calculated all that wooden stores 3.4 million tons of carbon — which she stated was equal to a yr's value of emissions from 2.5 million vehicles.Roy Cockney Sr. in Tuktoyaktuk, N.W.T., in December of 2019. He is noticed driftwood throughout the place in his group, and says folks use it as a heating gas and generally to construct cabins. (Eriel Lugt/TukTV)This calculation is essential, stated Sendrowski, as a result of little is thought about how a lot carbon is saved in wooden deposits round the Arctic, and as a result of local weather change influences how a lot carbon makes its means again into the ambiance.
The place does the wooden come from?
Most of the logs jammed up in the Mackenzie River Delta are coming from the Liard River, stated Sendrowski. However her work discovered logs from alongside the Mackenzie River itself, and the Peel and Arctic Crimson rivers too. So how do timber find yourself in the river? "A tree falls in the forest and snow soften occurs and it will get pushed right into a river and it will get transported in the river," Sendrowski defined. Sendrowski says that is the largest single logjam they discovered in the Mackenzie River Delta, discovered close to the coast. (Alicia Sendrowski)Water in the Mackenzie River Delta flows north towards the Beaufort Sea. Sendrowski's report — revealed this month in the journal Geophysical Analysis Letters — says the Mackenzie River is "well-known" for spitting wooden into the Arctic ocean. However earlier than these logs attain the ocean, they could get caught someplace alongside the means. Most of the logs Sendrowski's staff sampled started rising round or after 1950, however some had been a lot older, suggesting they'd been trapped in the delta for hundreds of years. The research says one pattern from the Peel River dated again greater than a thousand years in the past. This map reveals what components of the Mackenzie River Delta Sendrowski and her staff studied, and how. (Geophysical Analysis Letters)"You'll be able to inform that some of them are very outdated," stated Cockney, of the driftwood he is seen in large piles round Tuktoyaktuk. However he is additionally noticed youthful driftwood increase, particularly after there's been flooding additional south in the N.W.T. 
Why does this matter? 
Some scientists say the Arctic is warming 4 occasions quicker than the relaxation of the world.The Mackenzie River Delta is an space that is going to endure rather a lot of change, stated Sendrowski, which may affect how the carbon from these timber cycles again into the ambiance. Local weather change might break the logs down extra rapidly, dashing up the carbon's launch, she stated. It will probably additionally change the place timber are coming from and how they attain rivers. "Precipitation patterns, if these are altered, when you're now going to have extra precipitation in the space, that might result in extra speedy degradation of timber , falling and coming into the river," she stated. A 3-meter-tall logjam discovered in the central half of the Mackenzie River Delta. (Alicia Sendrowski)
What are the limitations of this analysis?
Sendrowski's work solely scratches the floor. She and her staff travelled to the N.W.T. communities of Aklavik, Tsiigehtchic and Inuvik to review logjams as nicely, however they solely mapped what was seen. Wooden that was hidden under dwelling vegetation or buried beneath floor wasn't accounted for. She says it's potential the delta's driftwood stores twice as a lot carbon than what she calculated. There are additionally no less than a dozen deltas greater than 500 sq. kilometres round the North. Sendrowski says all these deposits of wooden may add as much as a big pool of carbon, and it's one we all know little about.  Read the full article
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xtremeservers · 2 years
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In Logjam, you play as a sexy lumberja... https://www.xtremeservers.com/blog/play-as-a-burly-sexy-lumberjack-in-this-forestry-sim/?feed_id=15890&_unique_id=6285af35cd5d3&Play%20as%20a%20burly%2C%20sexy%20lumberjack%20in%20this%20forestry%20sim
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kirby-the-gorb · 1 year
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utilitycaster · 1 year
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anyway all clear! loving the molaesmyr crew!
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odekirk · 2 years
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tagged by @charlestrask and also by @swordbride so i’m gonna kill 2 birds with 1 post
last show: key & peele
last song: share with me the sun by portugal the man. unfortunately the portugal man’s words have no effect on me and i am sitting inside like a dracula
currently watching: i’ve been watching (listening to) all the bcs commentaries on youtube! thank you youtube user Movies Flicker
currently reading: where the crawdads sing by delia owens and literally 100 other things also
i tag You 🫵
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the dream of course is that someday somebody writes fic about one of my stupid tf posts. that somebody could be me I realize but uh. I don't know what words are anymore sorry
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jaideepkhanduja · 1 year
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Democratic Communication Logjam
A “democratic communication logjam” refers to a situation in which there is a lack of effective communication between individuals or groups within a democratic society. This can occur when there are competing interests or perspectives, and individuals or groups are unwilling or unable to compromise or find common ground. This can lead to a lack of progress or action on important issues, as well…
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cesium-sheep · 1 year
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is he very hard to bait or is he just gunshy cuz I was ornery this morning (or both)
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f1 · 2 years
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uraharashouten · 2 years
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@ryusxnka​ asked:
Oi! - Has there been any new Gundam sets that's arrived?
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"ah..."
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A brief silence follows the single syllable as the shopkeeper reflects upon the level of customer service the snowy-haired captain has, to date, received at his hands. Had, in fact, new Gundam arrived? Had they indeed been ordered?
It is, perhaps, time to right a litany of wrongs... one hand cradling the phone, the other manages the mouse, a series of clicks connecting him to his supplier...
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"As a matter of fact, I can have the new models ready shortly for in-store pick-up! —juuuuust allow a few extra days for processing; supply chain's been a bit logjammed lately—"
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seabeck · 1 year
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The boygenius performance in Montana photographed by @/tomrathphoto for Logjam Presents
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monsteraaureaqueen · 9 months
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Carmy's gonna figure it out first, one day something totally mundane is gonna break that emotional logjam and he's gonna realize how he feels about Syd...and then he's gonna freak out because he doesn't know how to do this, any of this, with Claire he didn't have to do anything or be anything all he had to do was give in and go along with it, his feelings didn't even matter but this, oh, this is something brand new, something real and huge but Jesus Christ they work together and she's like his best friend and favorite person in the world and what if he ruins it with his dumb new huge scary feelings, what if she thinks he's a creep and a weirdo and what if he drives her away, God, fuck, he can't risk losing her but he can't stop feeling these things he's never felt before and it's fucking awful but also amazing and what is he gonna do, he doesn't know how to deal with this --
And Syd is standing there, like, um Carmy? I asked if we should look at changing produce vendors because this baby arugula is amazing, why are you staring at me like that
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porterdavis · 7 days
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MAGA Mike comes around at last
So the House has finally approved aid for Ukraine. It's not only the right thing to do morally, it's a cheap way to degrade Russia's capacity for mischief. Send obsolescent munitions to blow up Russians and employ Americans to replace it.
Win-win.
It's also a welcome sign that Trump no longer has Johnson in a chokehold. And it could lead to ending the logjam that has ground the House to a halt.
Nonetheless, the ghosts of every Ukrainian -- soldier and civilian alike -- who has died needlessly in the last eight months since the GQP gummed the works should haunt them to the end of time.
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