> unless they think of forest is going to alter weather systems in such a way that brings rain to the area.
I am not an expert, but based on books and articles I've read[1], forests tend to do that. I think you don't even need a large patch of forest for it to attract rain, anecdotally.
[1] Get an old copy of The Forest and The Sea by Marston Bates, if you can.
"In 1960, he published the ecological science book The Forest and the Sea, an introduction to how ecosystems work. He compares a rain forest and a tropical sea, their similarities and differences, and through it demonstrates how to understand biological systems."
I am not an expert, but based on books and articles I've read[1], forests tend to do that. I think you don't even need a large patch of forest for it to attract rain, anecdotally.
[1] Get an old copy of The Forest and The Sea by Marston Bates, if you can.
"In 1960, he published the ecological science book The Forest and the Sea, an introduction to how ecosystems work. He compares a rain forest and a tropical sea, their similarities and differences, and through it demonstrates how to understand biological systems."
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marston_Bates
Influential book, I believe.