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Australian scientists have found that deforestation along the Amazon River in South America was reducing rainfall and causing climate change in the region.

A study in the Amazon found that a loss of forests meant less water evaporated back into the atmosphere, resulting in less rainfall.

This conclusion comes a month after the discovery that Australia's monsoon began failing soon after it was deprived of trees about 40,000 years ago.

Could this also be the reason for the expansion of the Sahara?