Which Came First — the Rain or Rainforests?

Without the forest pumping so much water into the air, rainforests wouldn't be as rainy. And without so much rain, the forest couldn't pump so much water into the air.

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Land Surface Temperature - Image by: Reto Stockli, NASA's Earth Observatory Team
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Deforestation - Image by: The Earth Observatory, NASA
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