Fig. 3: Changes in seasonal precipitation due to forest loss.
From: Tropical deforestation causes large reductions in observed precipitation
a–d, Bars indicate the median change in precipitation (millimetres per month) per percentage point forest cover loss for satellite datasets during 2003–2017 for tropics (a), Amazon (b), Congo (c) and SEA (d). Error bars indicate ±1 standard error from the mean. Statistically significant (*P < 0.05; **P < 0.01) and nonsignificant (NS) differences in changes in mean precipitation over deforested regions compared with controls are indicated. Results are shown for the wettest 3 months (wet), the driest 3 months (dry) and the transition months (remaining 6 months). Datasets used in this analysis detailed in Extended Data Table 1.
