Back-to-back Amazon droughts trigger record forest stress

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Apr 10, 2026, 11:20 am229 ptsTop
Two back-to-back droughts in 2023 and 2024 caused the most severe decline in forest moisture and biomass (the total mass of living vegetation such as leaves, trunks and branches) in the Amazon since 1992, according to a study published in the journal PNAS. And many of the hardest hit areas are unlikely to…

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