A Popular Misconception Regarding Humidity and the Need for Closer Liaison Between Meterologists and Ecologists

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Observations in Africa show that the effect of evaporating bodies of water and swampy vegetation on the humidity and the general climate of the surrounding country is much smaller and more localized than is commonly believed, at least by those who are not trained meteorologists. There is a need among land biologists for a wider dissemination of knowledge of the main principles of meteorology and of ecoclimatic differences. In microclimatology the present haphazard study by biologists interested in special ecological problems should be replaced by a systematic study of the whole subject in different climates. In making humidity determinations for ecological purposes the absolute humidity, relative humidity and saturation deficiency should all be computed.

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