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[–] kadu@scribe.disroot.org 16 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Friendly reminder that the so called "Amazon flying rivers", which are extremely large and interconnected networks of insanely humid air generated by Amazon's incredible density of forest and actual rivers, are so great they're not a part of the "microclimate" (the local climate usually associated by being near a forest) and instead heavily influence the climate of the entirety of South America and quite a large portion of North America through atmospheric effects - a simulation showed that without the Amazon, California loses 50% of it's main clean water source. There are regions in the US that would dry up without the Amazon.

So what seems like a small local win is actually internationally relevant.

[–] biofaust@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Ok, now I want a Veritasium video about this.