Figure 1: Extratropical effects on precipitation due to deforestation in each of the ... does not lead to overland flow and provides a consistent resupply of soil moisture to crops.

Deforestation’s effects reach far beyond the people and animals where trees are cut. The South American rainforest, for example, influences regional and perhaps even global water cycles ...

The effects of deforestation were most pronounced during the dry season, when temperature differences of up to 1.5°C were observed between intact and disturbed forests. This is because water is ...