The forest is not yet lost

Decades of deforestation and climate change have led to the southeastern Amazon becoming a carbon source region. Now, research shows that this carbon source region still sustains its own biomass production, but further degradation would decrease moisture recycling and amplify carbon losses to the at...

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Published in:Nature climate change 2023-07, Vol.13 (7), p.606-607
Main Author: Pires, Gabrielle F.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
704/106/694
704/172/4081
Biodegradation
Carbon
Carbon sources
Climate Change
Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts
Deforestation
Earth and Environmental Science
Environment
Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice
Forests
Moisture effects
News & Views
news-and-views
Rain
Reforestation
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Summary:Decades of deforestation and climate change have led to the southeastern Amazon becoming a carbon source region. Now, research shows that this carbon source region still sustains its own biomass production, but further degradation would decrease moisture recycling and amplify carbon losses to the atmosphere.
ISSN:1758-678X
1758-6798
DOI:10.1038/s41558-023-01707-3