Once again it is clear.....

....deforestation has negative consequences, including drought. My native Florida was "too wet" up until the 1970s.....by now, here in 2011 my native state has been tragically scalped of forests, and for six years now, drought has become a new norm I could have never imagined in my teens and twenties here. And it  looks to be happening yet again, this time in South America. Humans MUST stop spoiling their own nests by breeding responsibly else the planet will end up a ravaged, polluted, and diminished sad shadow of its former self. John

http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/NASA_Satellites_Detect_Extensive_Drought_Impact_On_Amazon_999.html