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Birds in the Amazon rainforest have become smaller, and their wings longer, over several generations due to changes in their environment. Climate change is causing the bodies of birds to ...
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.
English: Abstract The resilience of the Amazon rainforest to climate and land-use change is crucial for biodiversity, regional climate and the global carbon cycle. Deforestation and climate change, via increasing dry-season length and drought frequency, may already have pushed the Amazon close to a critical threshold of rainforest dieback.
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 ...
A study published in Nature Climate Change in 2022 provided empirical evidence that more than three-quarters of the Amazon rainforest has experienced a decline in resilience since the early 2000s, posing risks of dieback that would impact biodiversity, carbon storage, and climate change. [74] To maintain a high level of biodiversity, research ...
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 ...
Human-driven deforestation of the Amazon rainforest has been a major concern for decades as the rainforest's impact on the global climate has been measured. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] From a global climate perspective, the Amazon has been the world's largest carbon dioxide sink , and estimated to capture up to 25% of global carbon dioxide generation into ...
The Amazon rainforest in Brazil is facing a severe drought that may affect around 500,000 people by the end of the year, authorities said Tuesday. ... Climate change exacerbates droughts by making ...