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You are definitely onto something. There's a relatively new meteorological theory called "biotic pump" that suggests the same. Basically, cyclonic storms can only form and keep going if there's enough atmospheric water vapour available to sustain it. By importing atmospheric moisture from the ocean, rainforests deplete the vapour available, thus preventing devastating storms. Not to mention that massive rainforests act as an actual protective physical buffer against the storms.

The usual suspects 9/10 Brilliant movie, still love it even though I know the film already. The wife didn't so it was fun waiting for her shock at the end. The greatest trick the devil ever did was making the world believe he didn't exist...... Then puff, like that he was gone! Always loved those lines, great film.

I'd forgotten about him throwing his mate (Pascoe) under the bus to save his own job.

Since King Didier left Chelsea haven't suited having an attack based around one player. From an outsider and neutral they seem to play better in recent years when the goals are coming from various sources and their attacking play is varied. Diego Costa worked as you had a manager in Mourinho who knew how to get the best out of him for the sake of winning the league. Lukaku has too many flaws in his game and Chelsea have goal options from all over the pitch, which doesn't suit Lukaku's style of play.

I actually think this shrinking of the Amazonian rain forest via an unknown feedback mechanism has increased the devastation of hurricanes we see today. If we look at it objectively increased rain forest destruction has been happening for about 120 years. Of course we are not just talking about the Amazon yet African, Central Asia and SE Asia. Once it goes expect much more unpredictable whether if I am right.

Classic. Always got time for Nas. Of course! Classic.

@Spike in the kitchen

This is completely off topic but... I think your signature is funny as fuck for some reason & I've only just noticed it

Lamb Shank and shoulder stew Mis en place and prep work done. I need to broil the skins from the tomatoes so I can blend them. Bung em into the oven Had to brown the meat before throwing in the veg. Getting the shoulder ready to toss in I noticed at the last second that little piece of black plastic they put on the tray is still attached. I get the shoulder out but the damage is done. A million pieces of burning black plastic. Wash the meat (ugh), and drain oil so I can scrub pot. Okay now I can restart and finish browning the meat. I get to the shoulder again, it's in and browning and while I'm doing that I notice out of the corner of my eye the plate and paper towels I had set up to hold the meat is now on fire. How it started I don't know but I have to deal with it. While I'm dealing with the fire and cleaning the mess up I didn't adjust the temperature on the burner so now the lamb fat has rendering and smoking. All my fire alarms give me the warning beeps, not going off but strangely enough a woman's voice 'Smoke detected in hallway. Alarms will sound and it will be loud' WTF I had never head an alarm like that, so I run through the house to open up the windows that aren't covered in the plastic stuff meant to prevent drafts. Remember those tomatoes? they are still in the oven. So I get to throwing in the garlic and onion, luckily the oil wasn't too burnt and hasn't left an overly charred taste. But why is it smokey still? The tomatoes are black and I quickly reach for the tea towel but don't sufficiently cover the index and thumb on my right hand and I burn them just enough to feel it. This was about five minutes of adventure. At least now the bastard is in the oven and stewing.

Some classic Nas.

It's called motor racing.

That's sad. I've been following this story and was hoping for a happy end.

The good news is that the rest of the rainforest across the Amazonian Basin still absorbs more carbon than it releases, and it is still able to offset the negative trend in Brazil. The bad news is, with deforestation, illegal logging, biomass burning, land grabbing, cattle ranching, dam-building and other similar activities continuing in combination with droughts, and drying soil, it's just a question of time when it turns into a savannah.