Why Most Rain Never Reaches The Ground

The video explains that a significant portion of rain never reaches the ground, as it either falls into the ocean or evaporates before touching land. Computer simulations estimate that about 40% of rain evaporates mid-air. When rain does reach land, it primarily falls on forests, where trees intercept it. However, trees cannot absorb water through their leaves or bark, so most intercepted water drips to the ground or evaporates. This process returns about 15% of rain back to the sky, meaning over half of the rain on land never reaches the ground, equivalent to 15 Amazon rivers flowing invisibly through the sky.

Describe the process of how raindrops interact with warmer air as they fall.

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What percentage of falling rain is suggested to disappear back into the sky?

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Explain why trees cannot absorb water through their leaves or bark.

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What happens to most of the rain that falls on trees?

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What is the significance of the water that evaporates from trees?

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