Global warming in Amazonia: impacts and Mitigation Aquecimento Global na Amazônia: impactos e Mitigação

Global warming has potentially catastrophic impacts in Amazonia, while at the same time maintenance of the Amazon forest offers one of the most valuable and cost-effective options for mitigating climate change. We know that the El Niño phenomenon, caused by temperature oscillations of surface water...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Philip Martin Fearnside
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia 2009-01-01
Series:Acta Amazonica
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0044-59672009000400030