Biotic Regulation and Biotic Pump

Sharing Land With Trees

An essay on global climatic implications of forest-human coexistence

Feb 28 • Anastassia Makarieva, Andrei Nefiodov, and Ugo Bardi

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An Old-Growth Biotic Pump Enviro Show

Listen to the conversation — or read the full transcript — with Massachusetts forest activists Don Ogden and Glen Ayers, hosts of the Enviro Show…

Feb 21 • Anastassia Makarieva

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Biotic Pump Q&A #2: The Dual Role of Condensation

Why forests need both the precipitation mass sink and latent heat release to drive atmospheric moisture transport.

Feb 12 • Anastassia Makarieva

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January 2026

Are Climate Models Too Coarse?

Or do they have a different problem—and why that matters for the preservation of the biosphere.

Jan 31 • Anastassia Makarieva

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Science Insider #2: Working Our Path Forward Through Rain and Hurricane Wind

Hurricanes can serve as toy models for understanding how forests can move atmospheric water. The precipitation mass sink is underexplored—why is its…

Jan 28 • Anastassia Makarieva

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On Nature's Complexity and Human Morality

Rationalizing the limits of rational knowledge: stocks and flows of information in the biosphere and human civilization

Jan 15 • Anastassia Makarieva

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December 2025

A New Year's Eve Post

Miscellaneous Reflections: Physics and Ecology, Negative and Positive Bargaining, Gratitude, Humility and Noble Rage

Dec 31, 2025 • Anastassia Makarieva

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The Small and the Big: Life's Fundamental Energetic Dichotomy

A biotic regulation perspective on Nate Hagens’ Behavioral Thermodynamics: the Maximum Power Principle, and how life defends itself against its biggest…

Dec 27, 2025 • Anastassia Makarieva

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A Major Climate Unknown: Natural Ecosystems

We do not even recognize the existence of a parallel universe: natural ecosystems. Yet understanding their role in climate stability is essential for…

Dec 19, 2025 • Anastassia Makarieva

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November 2025

Do We Need an Incubator for Disruptive Eco-Hydro-Climatology?

My contribution to UNESCO's Green Water Dialogue.

Nov 29, 2025 • Anastassia Makarieva

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Ecosystem Collapse and Extreme Weather Events — in That Order

A Link Persistently Missing from the Climate Change Narrative

Nov 21, 2025 • Anastassia Makarieva

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The Amazon's Climate Engine is Dying: Why COP30's Carbon Obsession is a Catastrophic Blind Spot

By Antonio Donato Nobre 10/november/2025 Directly from COP30, Belém, Brazil

Nov 11, 2025 • Antonio Donato Nobre

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