Sunday, July 13, 2008

What is transpiration?

What is transpiration?

Transpiration (Et) is the lose of water in form of vapor from the leaves surface. It is an inseparable link made by plants between soil, water and the atmosphere.

Everyday when sun rises, trees, shrubs, and herbs start extracting water from soil. Thanks to this activity soil water and nutrients, CO2, and sun light are used (process known as photosynthesis activity) to built new green fabrics (new leaves, branches), new food (forage, vegetables), industrial chemicals and products (plant fibers, resins, tannins, medicines, vitamins, colorants, biofuels, etc), as well as new life for universal life continuity (seeds).

Besides, Et regulates (=improves) local weather and it seems to help in reducing effects of either atypical or due to human activities extreme climate processes, including those related to the eventually occurring global warming change.

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