After (cough cough) a couple of months of not finishing sharing this series with my lovely steemit friends, I thought I'd continue it and get this endevor of love out there.
Without Trees, Earth Could Run Out of Fresh Water Part 4
Large areas of trees influence weather patterns, as they have their own microclimates. The Amazon rainforest creates conditions that mean that nearby farmland gets regular rainfall and these atmospheric conditions can potentially be felt as far away as the Great Plains of North America.
No trees could result in a very arid and desolate earth. Not only, will the soil and air be heaving with dangerous chemicals and pollutants, but no trees will also lead to very little rain, as trees add humidity to the air through transpiration, just like the Amazon example above. Fewer trees mean less moisture in the air and no trees would mean that at some point it would rarely rain.
During the “dry season”, trees do a good job of regulating and anchoring the earth by releasing water from its roots. Deforested areas are more susceptible to droughts that can cause problems like disruption to industrial operations and failing crop production.
When it does rain, trees protect ecosystems downstream from stormwater runoff that contains toxic chemicals like pesticides, gasoline, and manure that left unfiltered would create low oxygen dead zones.
Forests are like huge sponges, so that water doesn't run and roll over surfaces, but instead is caught by the roots. The water that is not needed trickles down into aquifers (underground formations containing groundwater). These groundwater supplies are important for irrigation, sanitation, and drinking.
With no trees, there will be a time in the future when freshwater supplies will become scarce. There is already much debate about how we abuse non-renewable resources. Arguably fresh water is the most important of all these resources, as it is the basis for human survival, as we need to drink it, as well as use it to water crops, give to livestock and even industrial operations.
Politicians in the future will inevitably have to make tough decisions on how to keep enough fresh water for their own country. One frightening option would be to wage war against neighboring countries and further afield – this would be a war until death.
Now, What Can You Do To Save a Tree
Sources
http://www.nature.com/scitable/blog/our-science/no_trees_no_humans
http://forestry.about.com/od/treephysiology/tp/tree_value.htm
http://www.yostdaniel.com/my-writing/four-amazing-reasons-to-go-out-right-now-and-hug-a-tree
http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2013/03/how_much_is_that_tree_worth_po.html
http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/wilderness-resources/blogs/21-reasons-why-forests-are-important
http://www.savatree.com/whytrees.html
http://landarchs.com/8-amazing-facts-trees-didnt-know/
Ps. What are your thoughts on trees, and so you have any ideas on what other things we could do to save trees (and therefore us)?
Sometimes we feel that human is the only living organism that destroys the life of all living organisms on the Earth's surface.
Yes, we are not the most nurturing of species.
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Super Huggs! Thank you useful to know.
Love this and Love trees! :D
Trees are amazing.
I just planted 11 avocado trees on our property that I started from seeds. I also planted a large population of ice cream bean trees that are supposed to grow quickly. I am hopeful that they will all root very well and grow! Trees are definitely something we need to make sure there are enough around. Waging war over fresh water would be so crazy, but I'm sure it could come to that in the future. Thanks for the post. #theunmentionables
One of the things I most yearned for as a child was a tree to climb in the garden, or a tree house. Trees were in short supply on the Isle of Lewis. More barren grassland and lots of sheep.
Sheep sounds cool. My kids are building a treehouse right now. They love climbing in trees, but thankfully they don't get too high. We have some really tall Rainbow Eucalyptus around here, but they don't climb those. ;)
We planted an Elm tree that is specially hardy against the dreaded "Dutch Elm Disease." It's doing great. We're doing our part to try to bring back the mighty Elm, which used to grow everywhere around this area.
We also planted two cherries, an apple and two peach trees. We're hoping to get some fruit from them next year. @ironshield
Excellent a worthy mission and I bet the fruit will taste even more wonderful being from your own trees.
OMG, I am so happy to meet a one more tree lover among us. We have been just discussing with @ecoinstant about to run a project promoting tree saving and I see your post here. It just melted my heart! I just amazed how it all works but seems, you @hopehugs is a channel of life signs for me. I wanted to find people who I share the same interests and you lead me to @Ecotrain. I wanted to start seriously about plants and some experiments showing they have feelings and I immediately see the post on your blog with the same idea and now this... I am so grateful to you for this then no world can describe it. Only art%))
Thank you for the lovely art, it is beautiful. It is good that so many have us have the same thoughts and gathered via Eco-train. Some amazing synchronicity going on.
This is so true. Synchronicity seems to be Ecotrain suporter%)) Ecotrain is a great community and I am so happy to be part of it and get to know more and more about people in it in their wonderful posts. Much love, dear!
Without nature in general I would not want to live anymore. The city is just dead (spiritually and mentally).
All the sheep come here to work for their shepherd. The city is a slaughterhouse and a test-lab of the elites.
Good formatting and good info.
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I have always preferred quieter more peaceful places than cities where nature is easier to access. Always good to have a good tree nearby you can go and hug! Never liked crowds or crowded places or that kind of pace.
Never liked crowded place either.
I need my silence.
Totally agree... Nice ideas and thoughts... appreciated...
Thank you
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