Kept on Wikipedia:Biotic pump
The theory of a biotic pump pertains to the importance of forests in determining the levels of rainfall a region will receive. It states that increased amount of evaporation or transpiration will cause a reduction in atmospheric pressure as clouds form which will subsequently cause moist air to be drawn to regions of where evaporation is at its highest. In a desert this will correspond to the sea whereas in a forest, moist air from the sea will be drawn inland.[1]
This theory is in contradiction of the more traditional view that surface winds are solely a direct product of differences in surface heating and heat released from condensation.[2] The creators of the theory Drs. Makarieva and Gorshkov argue that phase changes in water play a greater role in atmospheric dynamics than currently acknowledged.
Further reading
Makarieva, Anastassia; Gorshkov, Victor (2010-01-01). "The Biotic Pump: Condensation, atmospheric dynamics and climate". International Journal of Water. 5: 365–385. doi:10.1504/IJW.2010.038729.
Schwartz, Judith D. "Clearing Forests May Transform Local—and Global—Climate". Scientific American. Retrieved 2017-12-12.
Makarieva, A. M.; Gorshkov, V. G. (2007-03-27). "Biotic pump of atmospheric moisture as driver of the hydrological cycle on land". Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 11 (2): 1013–1033. doi:10.5194/hess-11-1013-2007. ISSN 1607-7938.
References
- ↑ Sheil, Douglas; Murdiyarso, Daniel (2009-04-01). "How Forests Attract Rain: An Examination of a New Hypothesis". BioScience. 59 (4): 341–347. doi:10.1525/bio.2009.59.4.12. ISSN 0006-3568.
- ↑ Bunyard, Peter Paul (2015-08-21). How the Biotic Pump links the hydrological and the rainforest to climate : ¿Is it for real? ¿How can we prove it?. Universidad Sergio Arboleda. doi:10.22518/9789588745886. ISBN 9789588745893. Search this book on
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