Resumen de Rainforest, bringer of the world's winds
The winds that drive atmospheric circulation are mainly created by the condensation of moisture and much of this occurs over rainforests as water evaporates or is transpired from the trees. The physicists and foresters behind this controversial idea say that if people chop down the forests, they will lose the winds--and the rains they bring with them. But physicist Anastassia Makarieva of St Petersburg University in Russia says the pressure gradients it would create "have never received a theoretical investigation."
