Amazon rainforest emits new stress-defense molecules during El Niño drought

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Jun 2, 2026, 4:30 pm123 ptsTrending
The Amazon rainforest responded to the most severe drought ever recorded in the basin with an unexpected defense mechanism. Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry in Mainz, Germany, found that during and after the intense 2023–2024 El Niño cycle, the most intense drought ever recorded in the…

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