Harriet Rix

“Above the ground, trees are rainmakers, growing tall to interrupt air flow with their leaves and trunks and branches, emitting volatile organic compounds like scents and alcohols to seed clouds, and releasing water vapor out of their stomata to cycle a gentle, consistent flow of moisture from the air. Below ground, their roots collect and redistribute water, ushering water down to the water table, lowering or raising the level of the water table to ensure they have just the right amount for their roots to be on stable ground.”
― Harriet Rix, The Genius of Trees: How They Mastered the Elements and Shaped the World

“They had adapted and shaped the humans”
― Harriet Rix, The Genius of Trees: How They Mastered the Elements and Shaped the World