A wet Amazon may be more resilient to a drying climate than thought: Study

Mongabay
Feb 3, 2021, 3:26 pm192 pts
In some of the wettest parts of the Amazon rainforest, dry air may increase plant photosynthesis rates — a response that contradicts the assumptions of many climate models, according to a recent study published in Science Advances. When conditions are dry, plants attempt to retain water by closing the tiny…

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