Hidden Nature

often used lead which brought its own problems of lead poisoning, particularly in the wine goblets where the vinegar in the wine ...

Fig. 12.2. Flow dynamics of the double spiral pipe (cross section). enhance the subtle energies^21 and fluted so as to direct mo ...

It is a brilliant design that imitates the natural pulsating flow of water in a natural vessel and which delivers water that pur ...

once the initial impetus has been received, no further energy input is required. In other words, energy is not a constant. In th ...

that its ability to flow freely would not be compromised! The same is found with sap at the tree's extremities. A parallel may a ...

Moreover, Walter Schauberger calculated that the annual output of the heart would suffice to raise a weight of about 40 tonnes ( ...

kept their water (and wine) in amphorae, egg-shaped vessels that allowed the liquid to breathe. In many amphorae discovered in a ...

PART FOUR The Life of Trees^ ...

13. The Role of the Forest When someone dies the bell tolls. When the forest dies and with it a whole people, then no-one lifts ...

the world's historical climate. In the first case they were evergreen forests, interspersed with enormous swamps. In the Eocene ...

small. Today, however, because of overpopulation and an unsustain- able birth rate, any climate changes that produce crop failur ...

left behind), and a sophisticated culture. It had a cover of forest, fer- tile soil, and at one time supported over 20,000 peopl ...

Crucially, though still little understood, forests create the envi- ronment for the propagation of water, the 'first-born' of th ...

Fig. 13.1. The Amazon heat engine and the North Atlantic. The Amazon Basin is the big heat engine that controls the climate of t ...

Within the last decade both droughts and storms have, for example in Australia, become consistently more severe. With the accele ...

Preservation of this precious forest is a tough battle. In June 2000, the biggest landowners in Brazil who control 50% of the ag ...

example, which has a lifespan of 2000 years, today is harvested after sixty years, before it can be fruitful, at about 3% of its ...

an arid or desert environment devoid of rainfall will often cause rain to fall, nourishing the trees, and starting the process o ...

are equipped to withstand the heat and direct sunlight. They in turn protect those that are more delicate and light-sensitive, a ...

completely, exposing the soil to the direct heat and light of the Sun. This raises the ground temperatures, the delicate soil-ca ...