Regenerative water alliance
You're invited to join us in regenerating the water cycle of our planet.
We are activating a global network of watershed communities and water practitioners. By working to infiltrate rainwater into the landscape we help lessen water scarcity, reduce excessive heat, and interrupt the cycle of drought, fire, and flood.
we can do this . . . and we must.
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watercology 101
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Slowing and sinking the water allows land to be hydrated into the dry season
Forests, absorbent soils, and wetlands help bring rain inland and downwind.
The more runoff and less water that stays on the continent, the drier the land and vegetation becomes, the less rich the soil, and the more likelihood of fire.
Rain and soil can form a positive feedback loop
Forests create low lying clouds that reflect sunlight and heat, that usually cool the planet.
Water shifts heat from earth surface to high in atmosphere via evaporative cooling.
Soil sponginess and vegetation uphill lessen floods downhill.
Wetlands and aquifers can store more water than dams
scientific papers
There is a lot of science behind the new water paradigm, though it is scattered across many sub-disciplines of climate science and ecology. Together with others such as yourself, we hope to create a map of this knowledge and codify it into a set of water principles. To begin this endeavor we offer the extensive database you'll find below of over 300 papers spanning around 30 categories.
Intro to the New Water Paradigm
| Title | Author | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Water for an integrative climate paradigm. | Juraj Kohutiar, Michal Kravcik. | International Journal of Water, 2010; 5 (4): 298 DOI: 10.1504/IJW.2010.038725 |
| New water paradigm: Water for the recovery of the climate | M. Kravčík, J. Pokorný, J. Kohutiar, M. Kováč, E. Tóth | waterparadigm.org PDF |
| The new water paradigm: in a nutshell | Judith Schwartz | waterandclimate.work |
| Does moisture feedback affect rainfall significantly? | Savenije, Hubert HG | [Physics and Chemistry of the Earth 20, no. 5-6 (1995): 507-513](https://sci-hub.yncjkj.com/10.1016/s0079-1946(96)00014-6) |
Small Water Cycle, Moisture Recycling: Evapotranspiration Affects Rain
*Water vapor travels 500-2000km in tropics before it becomes rain again in moisture recycling. It travels 3000-5000km in temperate regions, and 7000 km in desert regions. Time of recycling is 3 to 20 days, except in deserts where it is much longer.
| Title | Author | Source |
|---|---|---|
| A new metric for estimating local moisture cycling and its influence upon seasonal precipitation rates | Anderson, B.T., A.C. Ruane, J.O. Roads, M. Kanamitsu, and G. Salvucci, 2008 | 1984 |
| Precipitation recycling* | Eltahir, E. A. B., and R. L. Bras, 1996: Rev. Geophys., 34, 367–378. | Wiley Online Library, Sci-Hub |
| Length and time scales of atmospheric moisture recycling | van der Ent, R. J. and Savenije, H. H. G. | Atmos. Chem. Phys., 11, 1853–1863 |
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