The Amazon savanna? Rainforest teeters on the brink as climate heats up

Mongabay
Oct 8, 2020, 7:17 am166 pts
Shifting rainfall patterns, especially those exacerbated by climate change, could drive large parts of the Amazon rainforest to become drier savanna, a new study has found. Rainfall acts like a buffer in rainforest ecosystems, allowing forests to adapt to changes and keep destructive forces like fire at bay.…

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