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One thing I like about this idea is that there doesn't seem to be the impact that, for example, a hydroelectric plant would have. In other words, because the st
by theothermkn 8y ago
One thing I like about this idea is that there doesn't seem to be the impact that, for example, a hydroelectric plant would have. In other words, because the streams are intermittent, and because most of the flow seems to be restored by overflow downstream, you don't interrupt things like migratory fish.
It's a neat concept. It gets the water beneath a thermal mass, stabilizing its temperature and preventing evaporation. The water can become available to deep-rooted plants and trees, too. I wish I'd thought of it!
- black_puppydog 8y agofrom how the video and the real life pictures look, I wouldn't expect anything surviving in that "stream" so far that requires even seasonally stable water flow anyhow. so, probably no fish migrating there...
- gascan 8y agoThere are plenty of fish that don't need year round flows. One famous example that springs to mind is even from that region. https://www.nationalgeographic.org/media/west-african-lungfish/ https://www.nationalgeographic.org/media/west-african-lungfi...
- dredmorbius 8y agoChanging an ecosystem changes an ecosystem. Even, or especially, one you don't understandd. Mind: the concept is creative aand impressive. I'd still like to see a full benefits/impacts analysis, rather than the one-sided advocacy presented here.
- mcphage 8y ago> Changing an ecosystem changes an ecosystem. The ecosystem is already in the process of changing via desertification.