tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3126865061920461436.post465616741445662293..comments2023-10-29T16:03:12.082+05:30Comments on Catching Flies: Perfect AlembicsShyamal L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14523054793854154400noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3126865061920461436.post-84975935706778275272012-06-04T16:40:43.243+05:302012-06-04T16:40:43.243+05:30Thanks for reading and for the comments. It seems ...Thanks for reading and for the comments. It seems like there is a problem with the template causing trouble to anyone wishing to comment.<br /><br />It is good to hear that there are people working on this topic. It seems like influencing decisions was a lot easier in that time when a person could be simultaneously an administrator, a citizen and a scientist.Shyamal L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14523054793854154400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3126865061920461436.post-82095680257352705832012-06-04T16:02:42.415+05:302012-06-04T16:02:42.415+05:30Comment recd via email.
Thanks for the article an...Comment recd via email.<br /><br />Thanks for the article and your pointers to the interesting sections. Markham's article (and the perspective across the entire Western Ghats) is interesting and pertinent even after these many decades. It is interesting that the science has progressed and come up with pointers now on the roles of forests and rain. And people have examined it at various scales/through different windows, for example: of entire regions (e.g., http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1525/bio.2009.59.4.12) or at the fine level of plant anatomy influencing transpiration and climate (http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2008.1919). Of course, in the Indian perspective of Government-driven afforestation, we need the additional caution of where forests are planted (planting trees in dry / semi-arid areas that naturally lack trees can have counter-productive effects on soil hydrology and water availability). Just as we look at trees and rain in the skies above, we should look simultaneously at trees and the water in the soil below. Its a dynamic process and plantations can mess up things a bit both ways (e.g.: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2010.07.004).<br />~ T R Shankar Raman, Nature Conservation Foundation, www.ncf-india.orgShyamal L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14523054793854154400noreply@blogger.com