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Deforestation is drying the Amazon more than climate change
Deforestation causes 75% of dry-season rainfall decline and 16.5% of warming in the Brazilian Amazon, intensifying drought and fire risks, researchers say.
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What is Really Happening in the Amazon Forest?
By SOS Amazonia & 350.org When someone thinks about the Amazon forest, it’s likely that long rivers, lush green trees, giant anacondas and Indigenous Peoples’ cultures come to mind. Clichês aside, the Amazon is indeed a place of unimaginable beauty, astonishing cultural variety and crucial biodiversity. But all of that is currently under alarming threat: deforestation and oil and gas drilling are putting the forest and its people at risk. Defore…
The Amazon rainforest is the largest rainforest in the world and plays a key role in the global climate system. In recent decades, however, significant changes have been observed in the water, carbon and energy cycles in the Amazon region, which influence, for example, precipitation levels. However, previous studies have not yet been able to quantify the contributions made by the two main driving factors: on the one hand, [...] The post deforest…
Work is from researchers at the University of São Paulo
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