What evaporates does tend to come back, but this is only because the
forest seeds the air every morning. Fungi release salts as part of the
mechanism for expelling spores. (Late at night high in the trees). These
particles of salt rise in the morning air and mix with turpenes and
isoprenes
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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Researchers including Vizy by contrast suggest that the Amazon will dry to
a open grassland / scrubland ecosystem, called Caatinga
Thanks, Stephen, but isn't it true that most CCN over the Amazon are of
biological origin?
To put it in very plain language, the typical assumption about where rain
comes from is that it blows in from the ocean. I'm interested to what
extent it is pulled in by forests. Do you think
How are they not both important‹the condensation releases the heat that
carries the air upward, creating a pressure gradient that pulls the air
ashore?
Mike
On 5/31/15, 10:09 AM, John Harte jha...@berkeley.edu wrote:
The work of Makarieva and Gorshkov (note: not Gorshkov and Makarieva; she is
The work of Makarieva and Gorshkov (note: not Gorshkov and Makarieva; she is
first author on their papers on this topic) is challenging atmospheric
scientists not because it points to the huge role of forests in the hydrocycle
(I have been teaching that for decades) but rather the specific
