This impacts water retention and forest ecosystems. The bigger the forest, the bigger its impact. When forests are destroyed, the water cycle is disrupted, which can impact how much rain an area gets, the air temperature, and the health of the surrounding plant, animal, and human communities...
All variables are detrended at yearly time scale by removing the long-term linear trend, as we focus on the relationship in interannual variability. The years following the eruptions of Mount Agung (1962 and 1963), El Chichón (1982) and Mount Pinatubo (1991–1993) are also excluded from ana...