In this video, we explore why maintaining a healthy water cycle may be much more important for the health of the climate than people realize. In case you are wondering, I'm not suggesting that the greenhouse effect due to CO2 or methane is insignificant. But I do think that the importance of the water cycle has been grossly under-emphasized, and should occupy a more central position in environmental discourse.
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Water accounts of 60% of the greenhouse effect:
J.T. Kiehl and Kevin E. Trenberth, Earth's Annual Global Mean Energy Budget, 1997, page 203. [ Ссылка ]
Deforestation disrupts the hydrological cycle:
M Kravčíket al., Water for the recovery of the climate–A new water paradigm, 2007, page 115. [ Ссылка ]
On water-retention landscapes:
DM Revitt, JB Ellis, L Lund, Assessing the impact of swales on receiving water quality, 2018. [ Ссылка ]
