We talk a lot about what forests give us. But what if they’re actually running the water cycle that makes life on land possible in the first place? Anastassia Makarieva, Andrei Nefiodov, and Ugo Bardi make the case that trees don’t just absorb rain; they summon it, drawing moisture in from the oceans through a process called the biotic pump.
Posted: March 7, 2026