Hello,
I'm interested in finding out about  significant and positive
environmental events that occur instantaneously as a result of an
initial event being instigated ; ie, when x happens, then it causes y
to happen.  I'd like to correlate this to the "butterfly effect",
something that causes an effect to instantaneously happen at a
distance.

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Clarification of Question by dew011-ga on 04 Apr 2005 15:33 PDT

Hi Pinkfreud,
You're right, nothing happens instantaneously. I'm looking for
examples that we could see as happening on the heels of another- soon
afterwards...

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Request for Question Clarification by pafalafa-ga on 04 Apr 2005 15:40 PDT

It's a little hard to know what you're getting at here.  Is this the
sort of example you want -- It finally rains after a long drought, and
the withered plants quickly spring back to life, new seedlings appear,
insects emerge from their sedentary states, etc.

If that's not it, give us a bit more to go on, please.

Thanks,

pafalafa-ga

If with the "butterfly effect" you mean the chaotic example of a
butterfly's upsetting air circulation and this eventually resulting in
a hurricane thousands of miles away, this does not seem to be
instantaneous  - if the theory actually holds true.  Nothing physical
can instantaneously have an influence at a distance, even at the speed
of light, though you might accept that as being "instantaneous"  in
regards to the earth.

Some of the material in this answer might be useful: 

http://www.answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=424018