Archive - Biotic Regulation and Biotic Pump

In Focus: Green Oceans of the Blue Planet

Interview at the Technical University of Munich: Not only are forests more complex than is commonly realized, they also do more.

Jun 9 •

Anastassia Makarieva

May 2025

Forests, Water, and Climate: Time for Re-Conceptualization

My contribution to CIFOR Science Days 2025: video (21 min) and edited narrative with slides

May 28 •

Anastassia Makarieva

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On the scientific essence of Dr. James Hansen's recent appeal

Why "a clique of climate scientists" who allegedly usurped the media, might not be ready to accept Dr. Hansen's conclusions about accelerating global…

May 19 •

Anastassia Makarieva

Does the concept of ‘pollution’ match the complexity of human–biosphere interactions?

Let’s not oversimplify by blaming everything on pollution—we can do better intellectually. Multi-generational disconnection from nature may erode our…

May 6 •

Anastassia Makarieva

April 2025

What's Happening with Global Precipitation?

Land vs. Ocean, Observations vs. Models and the Official Narrative

Apr 30 •

Anastassia Makarieva

Bringing back the Rains to Southern Africa — guest post by Bruce Danckwerts

Mr. Bruce Danckwerts from Zambia reports on his efforts to provide local farmers with relevant ecological and climatological information, and to…

Apr 25 •

Bruce Danckwerts

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Anastassia Makarieva

Biotic Pump Q&A

Responding to readers: the role of oceanic moisture in watering land, why—if the biotic pump drives winds—they slow over forests, how forests can…

Apr 21 •

Anastassia Makarieva

We are losing soil moisture, why?

New data show a global soil moisture loss equal to several weeks of plant transpiration—something unexplained without accounting for ecosystem decline…

Apr 12 •

Anastassia Makarieva

March 2025

Nature is trying to fix our mess—it’s time to recognize its power

Lessons from the Global Biospheric Experiment

Mar 30 •

Anastassia Makarieva

New Global Carbon Data Revives the "Missing Sink" Problem

Once again, it is about our misunderstanding of the biosphere

Mar 23 •

Anastassia Makarieva

Biotic Pump, Ecorestoration and River Runoff

Why plant transpiration is an investement -- webinar hosted by Didi Pershouse

Mar 12 •

Anastassia Makarieva

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February 2025

Natural ecosystems and climate stabilization

Ideas on how to integrate Nature's Complexity into the climate change narrative

Feb 28 •

Anastassia Makarieva

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