Why Does Earth Have Deserts? For the same reason it has Rainforests: Hadley Cells!!!

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REFERENCES

Persson, A. 2006. Hadley's principle: Understanding and misunderstanding the trade winds. History of Meteorology 3: 17-42. https://www.meteohistory.org/2006historyofmeteorology3/2persson_hadley.pdf