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The rainforest's water pump

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An investigation of naturally occurring water recycling in rainforests finally marries the results of global climate models with observations. Alarmingly, it also suggests that deforestation can greatly reduce tropical rainfall. See Letter p.282

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Figure 1: Effect of deforestation on rainfall in the tropics.

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  1. *This article and the paper under discussion6 were published online on 5 September 2012.

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