Or, if you live in a
hot country, you could place the coconut fiber on a
large metal tray, cover it with a very thin cloth and leave it a few hours
under the
sun.
Even in areas where precipitation does not decrease, these increases in surface evaporation and loss of water from plants lead to more rapid drying of soils if the effects of higher temperatures are not offset by other changes (such as reduced wind speed or increased humidity).5 As soil dries out, a
larger proportion of the incoming heat from the
sun goes into heating the soil and adjacent air rather than evaporating its moisture, resulting in
hotter summers
under drier climatic conditions.6