Hydraulic redistribution allows plants to continue fixing carbon and grow during the prolonged dry season.
Todd Dawson
There's this skin on the Earth - plants - that has an effect on a global scale, pulling carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere and letting water go, in a dynamic way that has climatic implications.
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These trees are using their root system to redistribute water into different soil compartments. This allows the trees and the forest to sustain water use throughout the dry season.
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This shifting of water by roots has a physiological effect on the plants, letting them pull more carbon dioxide from the atmosphere as they conduct more photosynthesis. Because this has not been considered until now, people have likely underestimated the amount of carbon taken up by the Amazon and underestimated the impact of Amazonian deforestation on climate.
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Roots are acting like conduits for water connecting deep ground or soil water reserves to the shallow soil water.
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This project really shows the importance of the world's biota and especially trees on the climate system.
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Transpiration can have a cooling effect on an area's climate just like when you perspire-heat is wicked away with the water.
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