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Changes in rainfall patterns and increased temperatures can lead to droughts, affecting the health and distribution of rainforest species. These changes exacerbate the effects of deforestation and land-use change , leading to biodiversity loss and affecting the livelihoods of indigenous communities and local populations dependent on these forests.
The 2007 IPCC Fourth Assessment Report concluded that over the last three decades human-induced warming had likely had an influence on many biological systems. [25] [26] [27] The Sixth Assessment Report found that half of all species with long-term data had shifted their ranges poleward (or upward for mountain species).
Scientists agree that preserving the Amazon rainforest is vital to combating global warming, but new data on Wednesday indicate huge swathes of the jungle that are most vital to the world's ...
Deforestation in the Amazon rainforest region has a negative impact on local climate. [111] It was one of the main causes of the severe drought of 2014–2015 in Brazil. [112] [113] This is because the moisture from the forests is important to the rainfall in Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina. Half of the rainfall in the Amazon area is produced by ...
SAO PAULO (Reuters) -Destruction across the Amazon rainforest so far this year has slowed dramatically, down 55.8% from the same period a year ago in a major turnaround for the region vital to ...
Experts predict that if 20-25% of the Amazon is lost, it could go into irretrievable decline but even before this year’s wildfires, up to 17% of the Amazon rainforest was estimated to have ...
Most of the interior of the Amazon basin is covered by rainforest. [6] The dense tropical Amazon rainforest is the largest tropical rainforest in the world. [2] It covers between 5,500,000 and 6,200,000 square kilometres (2,100,000 and 2,400,000 sq mi) of the 6,700,000 to 6,900,000 square kilometres (2,600,000 to 2,700,000 sq mi) Amazon biome.
The Amazon rainforest is reaching a critical “tipping point,” according to researchers, beyond which it may no longer be able to recover from events such as droughts and wildfires. The result ...