Flying Rivers
- Recently, a new analysis revealed that relentless deforestation across South America is disrupting the continent’s “flying rivers” — invisible air currents that carry vast volumes of moisture from the Atlantic Ocean across the Amazon Basin.
- This has led to worsening droughts, fires, and power shortages across Peru, Brazil, Bolivia, and Ecuador.
- Flying rivers are atmospheric flows of water vapor generated when trees in the Amazon rainforest absorb water from the soil and release it back into the atmosphere through transpiration.
- These air currents act like an enormous “water pump,” transporting moisture thousands of kilometres inland, sustaining rainfall across the ....
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