Feedback between drought and deforestation in the Amazon

Feedback between drought and deforestation in the Amazon

Deforestation and drought are among the greatest environmental pressures on the Amazon rainforest, possibly destabilizing the forest-climate system. Deforestation in the Amazon reduces rainfall regionally, while this deforestation itself has been reported to be facilitated by droughts. Here we quant...

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Main Authors: Arie Staal, Bernardo M Flores, Ana Paula D Aguiar, Joyce H C Bosmans, Ingo Fetzer, Obbe A Tuinenburg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2020-01-01
Series:Environmental Research Letters
Subjects:
land use change
remote sensing
moisture recycling
fire
modeling
forest clearing
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ab738e

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https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ab738e

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