New study shows Amazon rainfall stable despite deforestation, but seasonal shifts threaten regional ecosystem balance.

These can both be explained by a process called evapotranspiration. The definition is pretty simple when you break it down. It’s a process involving soil evaporation and transpiration.

New evidence suggests that mean annual precipitation in the Amazon region is not going to change significantly even if it ...

In recent decades, global warming has accelerated the water cycle, especially the evapotranspiration phase (evaporation and plant transpiration), which can result in both more rainfall and more ...

Water can also evaporate from soil and other surfaces. The combined loss of water from plants and soil is called evapotranspiration. The cooling effects of evapotranspiration vary but are up to 4 ...