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Originally Posted by spadlet
But, if the moisture levels rose darmatically, wouldn't that alter the competitive advantage of various species? If that was the case it could have a major impact on the ecological system.
Wouldn't it also depend on how isolated the desert ecostystem was from ones with higher moisutre levels? If there was, purely for example, a forest on the edge of the desert, and the solar panels were located nearby, the increase in ground moisture levels may produce conditions under which seeds from the trees could germinate. Even if the trees were cut down to prevent shading of the solar panels, the time taken to sut them down might have been long enough for conditions to develop in which other plants from the forest had migrated, possibly along with some animals. They would be a serious threat to the organisms specially adapted to desert conditions.
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Great response. Ecology is complex. It needs to be looked at as a balance between a variety of complex specifics to location over periods of time that far surpass the human lifespan.. Usually shortcut modifications creat several unexpected variables.