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Mongabay: Coral reefs and rainforests seem to have little in common beyond the fact that they are both hotspots of diversity, yet groundbreaking research is showing how these different ecosystems--when intact--may actually seed clouds and produce rainfall. According to a recent study in Science, an undisturbed Amazon rainforest acts as its own 'bioreactor', whereby clouds and precipitation are produced by the abundance of plant materials in the ecosystem. "The trees basically 'sweat out' ......
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Groundbreaking research shows that rainforests and coral reefs create rainfall
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on October 15th, 2010
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