THE | WATER CYCLE
In 1580, Bernard Palissy was the first man to describe the present day concept of “water cycle”. He explained how water evaporates from the oceans and cools to form clouds. The clouds move inland where they rise, shrink and fall as rain. This water gathers as lakes and streams and flows back to the ocean in a continuous cycle. In the 7th century B.C., Thales of Miletus believed that surface spray of the oceans was pulled out up by the wind and carried inland to fall as rain. In earlier times people did not know the source of underground water. They thought the water of the oceans, under the effect of winds, was thrust towards...
