Deforestation lessens Amazon rainfall—and climate change hastens that process, study finds

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May 7, 2026, 9:00 am110 ptsTrending
Climate change makes the southern Amazon's rain increasingly sensitive to deforestation, a new study finds. Clearing large areas of forest can trigger severe and lasting reductions in rainfall regardless of climate, but as the Amazon warms and dries, that "tipping point" arrives at ever lower levels of…

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