Posts tagged evapotranspiration
Mind-Blowing Videos on Urgent Eco-Dramas
ConservationBill LauranceAmazon, rainfall, habitat fragmentation, deforestation, evapotranspiration, roads, hunting, logging, BR-319, Elephant, poaching, stranded assets, mining, China, boom and bust, financial risk, cancer, Dutch Disease, snaring, Leuser Ecosystem, orangutan, rhino, rhino horn, Pandora's Box, bulldozer, land grabbing, rain, extinction, Congo
The Overwhelming Value Of Trees
ConservationBill Lauranceheat islands, cities, megacities, trees, evapotranspiration, air pollution, cancer, cardiovascular disease, asthma, emphysema, carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide, sulfur dioxide, volatile organic compounds, slums, environmental services, floods, carbon storage, biomass, global warming, shade, evaporative cooling, clouds, economic losses, disease, malaria, diarrhea, water pollution, deforestation, mosquitoes, heat stress, urban growth, urban expansion, population growth, developing nations, Africa, Latin America, Asia, drinking water, epidemic disease, green cities, urban ecology
Demise of the World's Forest Giants
ConservationBill Laurancebig trees, giant trees, big old trees, forest giants, deforestation, logging, drought, weeds, fires, habitat fragmentation, David Lindenmayer, William Laurance, Mountain Ash, Gamba Grass, Lantana, carbon storage, evapotranspiration, fruit, foliage, nectar, tree cavities
Want to get sick? Just cut down more forest
Infrastructure ExpansionBill Laurancedisease, deforestation, malaria, leishmaniasis, yellow fever, AIDS, Ebola, hantavirus, truckers, roads, prostitutes, evapotranspiration, globalization, sandflies, mosquitoes
Want clean water? Save your forests!
Bill Laurancewater quality, water purification, forests, Malaysia, Jeffrey Vincent, evapotranspiration, deforestation, flooding, water pollution, cloud formation, global warming, greenhouse gases, protected areas, forest conservation, urban water supplies
Every tree matters: Even a little deforestation alters climate
Bill Laurancedeforestation, climate, local climate, rising temperature, albedo, evapotranspiration, trees, tree felling, solar radiation, carbon storage, small clearings
Do forests function like 'biotic pumps' for rainfall?
