To the geoengineering group, I'm curious whether group members are familiar with the "biotic pump" model of Gorshkov and Makarieva; this article gives a quick introduction:
http://news.mongabay.com/2013/0130-hance-physics-biotic-pump.html A big climate benefit of inland forests is that phase change from evapotranspiration -> condensation creates low-pressure areas that pull in moisture and create healthy weather circulation. Seems to me that widespread deforestation is aggravating stalled hot-weather trends by blocking this kind of circulation. The leaf area of a mature forest offers considerably more surface area for evaporation than the same area of open water on ocean or inland lake. Brian Cartwright > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "geoengineering" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/geoengineering. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
