See also this article on The Ecologist by Peter Bunyard:
http://www.theecologist.org/News/news_analysis/2776099/without_its_rainforest_the_amazon_will_turn_to_desert.html
Without its rainforest, the Amazon will turn to desert
Peter Bunyard
2nd March 2015
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Mainstream climatologists predict a 15% fall in rainfall over the
Amazon if it is stripped of its rainforest. But the 'biotic pump'
theory, rooted in conventional physics and recently confirmed by
experiment, shows that the interior of a forest-free Amazon will be
as dry as the Negev desert. We must save the Amazon before it enters
a permanent and irreversible dessication.
On 30/05/2015 22:49, Brian Cartwright wrote:
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
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