Vapor Pressure Deficits – Regenerating the Local Climate

Great civilizations of the past, such as the Sumerian Empire, Egypt, the Roman Empire, the Khmer-Angkor Empire, and the Maya of the Yucatan, ultimately fell due to their agricultural practices depleting soil organic matter and natural vegetation. This depletion led to vapor pressure deficits, causing prolonged droughts, torrential flooding rains, forest fires, and crop failures.

These civilizations collapsed because they were unable to feed their people and armies.

In regions like North Africa and the Middle East, the once-fertile fields have never recovered from human-induced environmental degradation and, thousands of years later, still remain deserts. In contrast, areas such as the Khmer territories in Southeast Asia and the Mayan Yucatán Peninsula have been allowed to regenerate and restore their climate naturally.

Just as each civilization failed to learn from the lessons of those that came before and instead repeated destructive practices, we are now witnessing this happening on a much larger global scale.

The world is experiencing an increase in extreme weather events, leading to reduced yields and more crop failures. Various regenerative agricultural practices can enhance the local climate, reversing climate extremes and restoring balance.