Vicious circle of drought and forest loss in the Amazon

ENN
Mar 13, 2017, 10:42 am68 pts
Logging that happens today and potential future rainfall reductions in the Amazon could push the region into a vicious dieback circle. If dry seasons intensify with human-caused climate change, the risk for self-amplified forest loss would increase even more, an international team of scientists finds. If…

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