Nina Munteanu

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Nina Munteanu

@AlienNextDoor

Nina is a Canadian Ecologist / Limnologist, SF and Eco-fiction Author & Teacher. Find her stuff on Amazon, her blog The Alien Next Door & a bookstore near you.

Nova Scotia, Canada Beigetreten Mart 2009
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Give A Shit About Nature
Give A Shit About Nature@giveashitnature·
An oak tree takes 20 years to start producing significant ecological value. 80 years to reach its full potential as wildlife habitat. Some live for many centuries. Nobody planting an oak today will see what it becomes. The people who planted the trees you sit under today did it for you, without knowing you existed. "A society grows great when old people plant trees whose shade they know they'll never sit in."
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Mike Hudema
Mike Hudema@MikeHudema·
What we must do immediately: 1) End the use of fossil fuels 2) Build massive amounts of solar & wind 3) Electrify everything 4) Localize 5) Conserve 5) Find solutions for the last hard stuff (planes, cement) 6) Stop cutting down forests #ActOnClimate buff.ly/3r2I3Ee
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SriSathya
SriSathya@sathyashrii·
Austria removed ONE thing… and nature came back instantly. 👏👏
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Thursday
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GO GREEN
GO GREEN@ECOWARRIORSS·
I saw a man yesterday fully tanked up spraying the little Dandelions just popping into life I asked him why He said what would the neigbours think of him keeping an unkempt garden having these dirty weeds in his garden No point in explaining the benefits of Dandelions
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"At a time when other pollen is scarce, they open up their faces wide to allow every passing insect a feast" Such an amazing gift from nature But many survive only in the gutter as heartless neat and tidy monsters mow or spray them out of existence theguardian.com/environment/20…

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Massimo
Massimo@Rainmaker1973·
In the 1990s, Canadian ecologist Suzanne Simard made a groundbreaking discovery that challenged everything we thought we knew about how forests work. While studying managed forests in British Columbia, she noticed something puzzling: when birch trees were removed to promote the growth of valuable Douglas firs, the firs did not flourish as expected — they actually struggled and grew more slowly. Determined to understand why, Simard traced the movement of nutrients using radioactive carbon isotopes. What she found was astonishing. Trees were actively sharing resources through vast underground fungal networks known as mycorrhizae. These delicate, thread-like fungi connect the roots of different trees across the forest floor, forming a complex web that allows the exchange of carbon, water, nutrients, and even chemical signals — sometimes between entirely different species. She discovered that older, larger trees often serve as central "hubs" or "mother trees," supporting younger saplings by redistributing vital resources and helping the entire ecosystem remain resilient. When these key trees are removed, the underground network weakens, and the health of the remaining forest declines. Simard’s research overturned the traditional Darwinian view of forests as battlegrounds of ruthless competition. Instead, she revealed a far more sophisticated reality: forests operate as highly cooperative systems where trees communicate, support one another, and even warn neighboring trees about threats like drought, disease, or insect attacks. What appears to the human eye as a silent, still forest is, in truth, a vibrant, interconnected living network — built not on isolation and rivalry, but on deep connection and mutual aid.
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Science Magazine
Science Magazine@ScienceMagazine·
The planet’s undisturbed old-growth boreal forests may be far more important in the fight against climate change than previously realized, according to a new Science study, which finds that primary forests in Sweden store over 70% more carbon than managed secondary forests. Learn more: scim.ag/4uL06hL
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“Gaia’s Revolution may be the most extensively researched SF novel I’ve ever read. [It] puts the S in Speculative and the F in Fantastic...so close to reality that it’s frightening. We should wish that it would never come true.”-CostiGurgu, goodreads #ecofiction #books #thrillers
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Got a nice review on Goodreads: "Gaia’s Revolution delivers a strong message with emotional depth … a meaningful read that makes you think about both personal and social issues.”--Neha Shukla #bookreview #books #ecofiction #GaiasRevolution
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