When trees make rain: Could restoring forests help ease drought in Australia?

Wed, 3 Apr 2019 05:00:07 +1100

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

Andrew Pam
<https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2018-09-15/trees-make-rain-ease-drought/10236572>

"Although people have guessed that forests could help make rain, it's
always been a chicken-or-egg scenario: do forests make rain or do areas
with high rainfall grow forests?"

Via Muse, who wrote: "Let’s go plant trees people! WOOHOO!!!"

See also: Restore natural forests to meet global climate goals
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-04/ucl-rnf040119.php

"International plans to restore forests to combat global warming are
flawed and will fall far short of meeting 1.5C climate targets,
according to new research by UCL and University of Edinburgh scientists."

Via Rasha Kamel.

Cheers,
        *** Xanni ***
--
mailto:xanni@xanadu.net                   Andrew Pam
http://www.xanadu.com.au/                 Chief Scientist, Xanadu
http://www.glasswings.com.au/             Partner, Glass Wings
http://www.sericyb.com.au/                Manager, Serious Cybernetics

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Tue, 7 Jan 2020 03:49:08 +1100

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

Andrew Pam
<https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2018-09-15/trees-make-rain-ease-drought/10236572>

"Although people have guessed that forests could help make rain, it's
always been a chicken-or-egg scenario: do forests make rain or do areas
with high rainfall grow forests?

An expanding body of evidence supports the idea that forests, in the
right conditions, not only make rain locally but also hundreds of
kilometres away.

In Australia, we've cut down nearly 40 per cent of our forests in the
past 200 years, leaving a fragmented landscape in their place."

Via Muse, who wrote "We need to be planting trees as fast and as widely
as possible."

Cheers,
        *** Xanni ***
--
mailto:xanni@xanadu.net                   Andrew Pam
http://www.xanadu.com.au/                 Chief Scientist, Xanadu
http://www.glasswings.com.au/             Partner, Glass Wings
http://www.sericyb.com.au/                Manager, Serious Cybernetics

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