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CAN it be possible that the cutting away of forests affects the amount of precipitation in any locality? To many, no doubt, this question will seem easy of answer; but we find the results of study by no means reassuring, and recent investigations have led to almost diametrically opposite conclusions, depending, somewhat at least, upon the feeling of the writer. When we reflect that our rain storms are of very wide extent, oftentimes over 1000 miles in diameter, and may take their origin and bring their moisture from distances of 1000 miles or more, the thought that man, by his puny efforts, may change their action, or modify it in any manner, seems ridiculous in the extreme.
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Forests and Rainfall1. Nature 57, 213–214 (1897). https://doi.org/10.1038/057213a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/057213a0