How Trees Control the Weather



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22 thoughts on “How Trees Control the Weather”

  1. Makes sense to me. You don't get to be one of the most dominant forms of life on the planet without a little modification of your surroundings. Look at every animal that can be found in large numbers. They alter the environment in some way.

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  2. please do a video on the Gaia Hypothesis James Lovelock/Lynn Margulis (her 1st husband was Carl Sagan) not only trees are synergetic but the whole natural planet is and self regulates the important/life giving conditions on Earth. I don't possess the vocabulary to explain it well but it's a fascinating read and not as known as it ought to be for consideration

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  3. idk I'd like to argue that the trees do in fact know what they're doing and i think its quite pretentious to assume they don't. they've been on the planet a lot longer than we have, i feel like they have means of navigating this world and communicating their needs with their environment just like everyone else here. perhaps we're too small to understand, but i think that calls for MORE humility on our end, especially as we are both scientists observing the natural world and mammals participating in it (as much as we try to elevate and distance ourselves from it). presume competence and seek understanding

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  4. A great big HOORAH !!!, for mono-terpenes, (+) and ( – ) alpha – pinenes . I'm forced to think of a great natural compound for cloud seeding . So long as the synthesis of these compound do not impact the environment negatively .

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  5. Hmm, so with the earth being the greenest in a long time, increased rain etc, ice sheets growing. Maybe this whole climate change thing is a lot more complicated that some people believe

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