Thomas Goreau - Water Follows Carbon Follows Water From Biodiversity for a Livable Climate conference: "Restoring Ecosystems to Reverse Global Warming" Saturday November 22nd, 2014 www.bio4climate.org

1. CARBON, WATER, TEMPERATURE
WE CAN HEAL THEM
ALL TOGETHER

2. WATER & TEMPERATURE
• MORE THAN HALF OF SOLAR RADIATION
ON LAND EVAPORATES WATER,
ABSORBING HUGE AMOUNTS OF HEAT
AND LOWERING LAND TEMPERATURE
• ABOUT 60% OF WATER ON LAND IS
RETURNED TO THE ATMOSPHERE,
RATHER THAN RUNNING OFF
• 80-90% OF THIS IS PLANT TRANSPIRATION
RATHER THAN PHYSICAL EVAPORATION

3. GOREAU & DE MELLO, 1985
AMAZON RAINFOREST
BRAZIL

4. GOREAU, 2014

5. RESTORING VEGETATION
RESTORES WATER CYCLES
• INCREASES TRANSPIRATION, CAUSING
MORE RAIN
• REDUCES SURFACE WATER RUNOFF,
SOIL EROSION, AND RUNOFF
• INCREASES RECHARGE OF
GROUNDWATER AND AQUIFERS BECAUSE
WATER FLOWS DOWN ROOTS INTO THE
GROUND
• RESTORES SPRINGS AND STREAMS

6. GOREAU, 2014

7. GOREAU, 2014

8. GOREAU, 2014

9. “WE MUST TEND
OUR GARDENS”
Voltaire, 1759
Candide, ou l’optimisme