The Amazon’s most valuable export isn’t timber — it’s rain

Mongabay
Feb 18, 2026, 7:40 pm94 ptsTrending
Rainfall is often treated as a gift of geography — a function of latitude, oceans, and atmospheric circulation. A growing body of research suggests that in the tropics, it is also a product of ecosystems. Forests do not merely receive rain. They help generate it, regulate its distribution, and sustain the…

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