Is this possible - trees blow the wind?
- From: Cyde Weys <cyde@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2005 20:20:48 +0000 (UTC)
You've heard the old adage, Do trees sway in the wind or do they create the
wind? (Or maybe you haven't.) Anyway, I was thinking of, as a science
fiction idea, a planet consisting of two continents, both covered by trees,
where the trees actually do create the wind. Basically the trees would all
thrash together to create some sort of tradewind that would blow their
seeds from one continent to the other. The continents are on opposite
sides of the equator so half of a year later, when the seasons are
reversed, the wind blows in the opposite direction to send seeds from the
other continent back to the first one.
I know it sounds kind of ridiculous ... but if you had millions of trees
all thrashing together I bet you could get a wind strong enough to
transfer, say, a dandelion seed a long distance.
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~ Cyde Weys ~
Sub veste quisque nudus est.
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