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Amazon Rainforest, large tropical rainforest occupying the Amazon basin in northern South America and covering an area of 2,300,000 square miles (6,000,000 square km). It is the world’s richest and most-varied biological reservoir, containing several million species.
Here’s why the Amazon rain forest is key to protecting Earth from the detrimental effects of climate change. A deforested and burnt area is seen on a stretch of the trans-Amazonian highway in...
Climate change has warmed the entire Amazon forest by 1 °C in the past 60 years. The eastern Amazon has warmed even more. Amazon rainfall has not changed appreciably, when averaged over the...
It appeared following a global reduction of tropical temperatures when the Atlantic Ocean had widened sufficiently to provide a warm, moist climate to the Amazon basin. The rainforest has been in existence for at least 55 million years, and most of the region remained free of savanna-type biomes at least until the current ice age when the ...
Thanks to human disturbance, the Amazon rainforest appears now to be releasing more climate-warming gases than it stores. The first broad look at all of the gases that affect how the Amazon...
Climate change and deforestation could convert the majority of the Amazon rainforest into savanna, with massive impacts on the world’s biodiversity and climate. Models suggest that by the year 2050, temperatures in the Amazon will increase by 2–3°C. At the same time, a decrease in rainfall during dry months will lead to widespread drying.
That's left the Amazon Rainforest, the vital waterway and tributaries parched, stranding communities and affecting livelihoods. World Rain is finally coming to the drought-stricken Amazon.
We provide direct empirical evidence that the Amazon rainforest is losing resilience, risking dieback with profound implications for biodiversity, carbon storage and climate change at a global...
Given the enormous amount of carbon stored in the forests of the Amazon, there is tremendous potential to alter global climate if not properly stewarded. The Amazon contains 90-140 billion metric tons of carbon, the release of even a portion of which would accelerate global warming significantly.
Specifically, crossing of a tipping point of climate change or deforestation could induce a dieback of the Amazon rainforest, that is, a self-propelled response of vegetation in which large moist ...