Amazon climate extremes: Increasing droughts and floods in Brazil’s state of Acre

Amazon climate extremes: Increasing droughts and floods in Brazil’s state of Acre

The intensification of extreme climate events is already a reality throughout the world. In the Brazilian Amazon, the most frequent extreme events are linked to droughts and floods. This study expanded the documentation on extreme events of floods, water crisis, fires and forest fires in the state o...

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Main Authors: Sonaira Souza da Silva, Foster Brown, Amanda de Oliveira Sampaio, Ana Luiza Costa Silva, Nairiane Cherlins Rodrigues Souza dos Santos, Aroldo Carvalho Lima, Antônio Marcos de Souza Aquino, Paulo Henrique da Costa Silva, Jose Genivaldo do Vale Moreira, Igor Oliveira, Alexandre Araújo Costa, Philip Martin Fearnside
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-10-01
Series:Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation
Subjects:
Climate extreme
Amazon
Social impacts
Climate change
Public calamity
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S253006442300072X

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