in regards to controlling rainfall, the average mature
tree evaporates 36 to 45 gallons of water daily, creating
mist which becomes clouds and then rain.
One of the chief factors in the making of the Sahara
Desert (it wasn't created that way) was Roman tree felling
for their ships, as the cedars of Lebanon were felled
for Solomon's temple (perhaps it would have lasted had
it been made of stone)
Roman tree-felling caused the Sahara?
You're a hoot!
The Sahara Desert is so vaste that the Romans could have built enough ships to walk across the Atlantic.
The Sahara Desert was a Desert long into the time of the Ancient Eygptians who pre-date the Romans by thousands of years.
The Temple was made of Stone, by the way.