[Terrapreta] Interesting article

[Michael Bailes]

Interesting,
Recent Australian research has shown that there is  up to 20% less water run
off into rivers from severe wild fires.
they put this down to re-growth absorbing more water from the soil
See Catalyst ABC TV

> *1 May  2008 *
> Surprising new research shows that around 20% of water, otherwise
> available to the Murray River alone, can be withheld for decades. Bushfires
> in the Snowy Mountains periodically strip the highlands bare of vegetation –
> the regrowth that follows soaks up more water than a mature forest,
> withholding large amounts of water for as long as 40 years.
>
> Paul Willis visits the high country to see what might be done to avoid
> this phenomena re–occurring.
>
> [image: Watch Catalyst]6:30mins | windows media<http://www.abc.net.au/science/broadband/catalyst/asx/CatalystEp12_Fire_and_Water_hi.asx>. real
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>
http://www.abc.net.au/catalyst/stories/2230299.htm

michael
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