An edited MEER Podcast conversation on the biotic pump, intact forest resilience, the climatic work of natural ecosystems, and the pace of scientific change
In addition to the forested Biological Pumps of our planet, rivers in their original state, moving waters 24x7 are one of the major ecosystems that both provides biological pumping of nutrients to our oceans and land bound creatures, and are vast temperature regulators, mainly cooling, as they also provide habitat and safe drinking water. In addition volumes of fresh water from rivers have for eons of time provided a specific balance for maintaining ocean salinity and this balance is responsible for deep water currents that maintain a consistent climate suitable for life as we have known it.
Even as the author spends much of the time talking about Forests, clearly this is her first love, But it is not acceptable to continue overlooking river ecosystems and their intimate relationship with our oceans, forests, and atmosphere.
The major river systems of our planet, now dammed and fragmented by human greed can no longer be appreciated for their vast contributions as functional Earth ecosystems. Just as a patient confined to a hospital bed ,rivers value to our planet as key ecosystems are now on life support. Current extreme conditions around the planet are due in a LARGE part to an almost permanent serious injury to rivers.
Standing somewhat stagnant waters, even for months at a time, renders rivers impotent in their natural ability to regulate our life giving planet. Water slows or stops it looses key properties and gains in thermal heat, I could go on . Northern most rivers which our author knows much ,most sit stagnant for almost 6 months at a time and in the dead of winter rivers are forced to flow at volumes way beyond natural year-round flow rates. Maybe one day Anastassia will wake up to the problem right in her back yard...Siberia, here is where many rivers have been dead for nearly 60 years. And with the rivers dead, what does one think is happening to our Northern ocean...the Arctic region? where many of these dead rivers flow into mostly at asn unusual time of year, during winter, when the river is supposed to be asleep under Ice
You mentioned how forests in Western Europe have been repeatedly harvested for hundred of years, slowing destroying their ability to function. Do you think this is related to the extreme heat being experienced in Western Europe?
In addition to the forested Biological Pumps of our planet, rivers in their original state, moving waters 24x7 are one of the major ecosystems that both provides biological pumping of nutrients to our oceans and land bound creatures, and are vast temperature regulators, mainly cooling, as they also provide habitat and safe drinking water. In addition volumes of fresh water from rivers have for eons of time provided a specific balance for maintaining ocean salinity and this balance is responsible for deep water currents that maintain a consistent climate suitable for life as we have known it.
Even as the author spends much of the time talking about Forests, clearly this is her first love, But it is not acceptable to continue overlooking river ecosystems and their intimate relationship with our oceans, forests, and atmosphere.
The major river systems of our planet, now dammed and fragmented by human greed can no longer be appreciated for their vast contributions as functional Earth ecosystems. Just as a patient confined to a hospital bed ,rivers value to our planet as key ecosystems are now on life support. Current extreme conditions around the planet are due in a LARGE part to an almost permanent serious injury to rivers.
Standing somewhat stagnant waters, even for months at a time, renders rivers impotent in their natural ability to regulate our life giving planet. Water slows or stops it looses key properties and gains in thermal heat, I could go on . Northern most rivers which our author knows much ,most sit stagnant for almost 6 months at a time and in the dead of winter rivers are forced to flow at volumes way beyond natural year-round flow rates. Maybe one day Anastassia will wake up to the problem right in her back yard...Siberia, here is where many rivers have been dead for nearly 60 years. And with the rivers dead, what does one think is happening to our Northern ocean...the Arctic region? where many of these dead rivers flow into mostly at asn unusual time of year, during winter, when the river is supposed to be asleep under Ice
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You mentioned how forests in Western Europe have been repeatedly harvested for hundred of years, slowing destroying their ability to function. Do you think this is related to the extreme heat being experienced in Western Europe?
Muy agradecido del tema y de la transcripción que es muy útil al momento de traducir.