Biotic Regulation and Biotic Pump

Between Taiga and Civilization

Uncategorized Messages from the Siberian Wilderness

Jul 12 • Anastassia Makarieva

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June 2026

They Are Working: Forests, Rainfall, and Rethinking “Sustainable Forestry”

An edited MEER Podcast conversation on the biotic pump, intact forest resilience, the climatic work of natural ecosystems, and the pace of scientific…

Jun 28 • Anastassia Makarieva

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Persistence, Complexity, and Power

Three pillars of the rational case for preserving wilderness

Jun 18 • Anastassia Makarieva

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Stealing Forest Clouds?

Our eLetter to Science, and why local cooling over Amazon clearings should not become a message that deforestation offsets warming

Jun 9 • Anastassia Makarieva

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May 2026

The Second Steam Power Revolution

From Burning Coal to Blowing Winds and Creating Clouds: How Forests Power Climate Stability

May 31 • Dayana Andrade

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Atmosphere as a Steam Engine: New Results

I love my work!

May 25 • Anastassia Makarieva

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Simplicity and Complexity, Doing and Non-Doing, Restoring and Preserving

A StoryMoss conversation with John D. Liu and Anastassia Makarieva, in anticipation of the Global Earth Repair Convergence

May 8 • Anastassia Makarieva

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April 2026

China at an Ecohydrological Crossroads, Part III: New Perspectives

How ecosystem recover dynamics can change long-term projections of China's water cycle

Apr 30 • Anastassia Makarieva

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China at an Ecohydrological Crossroads, Part II: Common Assumptions

When vegetation is assumed to affect water use but not air circulation, re-greening is predicted to reduce water yield by construction, regardless of…

Apr 26 • Anastassia Makarieva

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China at an Ecohydrological Crossroads, Part I: Basic Notions

What We Do and Do Not Know About Re-Greening Impacts on the Water Cycle

Apr 17 • Anastassia Makarieva

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March 2026

Biotic Pump Q&A #3: Bringing Water to Drier Landscapes

On the positive and negative roles of human interventions

Mar 31 • Anastassia Makarieva

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Science Insider #3: Contrasting Perspectives on Disagreements

Progress in science slows down when disagreements are mishandled

Mar 30 • Anastassia Makarieva

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