[2012-09-05] Loss of tropical forests reduces rain + http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/09/120905135008.htm + http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v489/n7415/full/nature11390.html + http://news.mongabay.com/2012/0905-effects-of-deforestation-on-rainfall.html + http://www.conservationmagazine.org/2012/09/tropic-rainmakers/ + http://e360.yale.edu/digest/destruction_of_tropical_forests_reduces_regional_rainfall_study_says/3615/ + http://www.futurity.org/earth-environment/will-loss-of-amazon-forests-reduce-rain/ in Tietoukka Monitor > 2012 > 2012-36with forestsprecipitationtropics
[2012-09-10] Study ties forest 'greenness' in western US to snowpack extent + http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/09/120910143539.htm + http://www.nature.com/ngeo/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/ngeo1571.html + http://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=125359 + http://www.colorado.edu/news/releases/2012/09/10/cu-led-mountain-forest-study-shows-vulnerability-climate-change + http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2012-303&rn=news.xml&rst=3531 + http://climate.nasa.gov/news/index.cfm?FuseAction=ShowNews&NewsID=786 in Tietoukka Monitor > 2012 > 2012-37with forestssnow_cover