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Canada's boreal forest is the largest forest in the world, wrapping right around Earth’s entire northern hemisphere like a giant green headband. It acts as the lungs of the planet, producing much of the air we breathe and influencing the world’s climate.

It is also the world’s largest source of surface freshwater.

https://www.cbc.ca/natureofthings/features/the-worlds-biggest-forest-is-our-own-backyard-and-we-need-to-protect-it

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Bees (clade Anthophila): Bees sleep 4-6 hrs a day and sometimes sleep under a flowerhead or inside a deep flower like a squash blossom where the temperature can be up to 18 degrees warmer close to the nectar source & on occasions even hold each others feet.

https://hasanjasim.online/a-photographer-notices-a-pair-of-sleepy-bees-snuggling-in-a-flower/

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Waterfall of the bride located in Peru

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First flight

David Attenborough lovers/photos

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Rising From the Antarctic, a Climate Alarm

Wilder winds are altering currents. The sea is releasing carbon dioxide. Ice is melting from below.

The immense and forbidding Southern Ocean is famous for howling gales and devilish swells that have tested mariners for centuries. But its true strength lies beneath the waves.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/12/13/climate/antarctic-climate-change.html

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#Once seen can't be unseen
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The World's Largest Organism Is Slowly Being Eaten, Scientist Says
n the Wasatch Mountains of the western US on the slopes above a spring-fed lake, there dwells a single giant organism that provides an entire ecosystem on which plants and animals have relied for thousands of years.

https://www.sciencealert.com/the-world-s-largest-organism-is-slowly-being-eaten-scientist-says

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@corlin

This book is beyond fascinating.
From an expert in animal consciousness, a book that will turn the fly on the wall into the elephant in the room.

https://www.amazon.com/Super-Fly-Unexpected-Successful-Insects/dp/0143134272