Hotter and drier: Deforestation and wildfires take a toll on the Amazon

Mongabay
Jul 20, 2021, 7:41 am140 pts
The climate in the Amazon has been changing over the last few decades. The average temperature in the basin rose about 1º Celsius (1.8° Fahrenheit) between 1979 and 2018, with increases of up to 1.5ºC (2.7°F) in some regions. And there have been three “one-in-a-century” episodes of extreme drought in…

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