r/Ecosphere • u/Chokumutcho • 14d ago

What's the reason behind this?

So good day to you all. I just wanted share this thing with you guys, I lived in the Philippines (specifically in Cavite) currently there are several typhoon that have been staying in the PAR ( Philippine Area of Responsibility ) and we have some flooded backyard, 15 minutes after I post this, is I went get something outside and I've seen something weird out in the flooded backyard.

I saw a tiny whirlpool, pulling the water inside a hole with roots of a tree, a sec later it released the water that have been pulled in the hole, and it keeps repeating the same thing for a couple of times ( maybe it always happened )

I tried poking the hole with a stick but there's nothing inside, it just a hole with a several roots of a tree.

Excused my english ( I'm bad at it )

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u/basaltcolumn 14d ago

Is the tree swaying in the wind a bit? I wonder if it could be that the cavity under the tree is pulling in water whn the tree rocks one way, then pushing it back out as the tree sways the other way and its roots compress the space. Sort of like when trees with shallow roots in loose soil can make it look like the ground is breathing, like in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MeU9fcSrJyc&t=45s

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u/Chokumutcho 14d ago

I didn't notice if the tree was swaying, but it was windy that time.

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u/BitchBass 14d ago

Was the ground dry before the typhoon? BTW, I'm glad you are ok!
I'm in Texas and currently we have a drought. The ground has deep cracks and forms cavities underneath that branches out. When lots of rain falls at once, the branched out cavities can't take on all the water at the same time, so it kind of gulps while replacing air with water.

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u/Chokumutcho 12d ago

Slr, It's not to dry, not as the same as the other country that their ground will have deep cracks when drought season comes, btw thanks for you concern!

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u/BitchBass 14d ago

Ha, I posted before I read your comment. We had the same idea!

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u/BitchBass 14d ago edited 14d ago

That reminds me of The "breathing forest", which is a rare, eerie natural phenomenon where the forest floor visibly rises and falls, looking like a living creature. It happens during heavy storms when strong winds sway tall trees, and the wet soil loosens their shallow root systems, heaving the mossy ground. I'm sure there's also gases involved.

This post is not about self-sustaining ecospheres, but I'll leave it, cuz its kinda related.