Large scale tropical deforestation drives extreme warming

Large scale tropical deforestation drives extreme warming

Accelerating deforestation rates in Earth’s tropical rainforests have dramatic impacts on local public health, agricultural productivity, and global climate change. We used satellite observations to quantify the local temperature changes in deforested patches of rainforests across the tropics and fo...

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Main Authors: Lucas R Vargas Zeppetello, Luke A Parsons, June T Spector, Rosamond L Naylor, David S Battisti, Yuta J Masuda, Nicholas H Wolff
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2020-01-01
Series:Environmental Research Letters
Subjects:
land use change
deforestation impacts
temperature change
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ab96d2

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