The Amazon tipping point is much closer than expected due to deforestation. A new study shows that with 25% forest loss, 1.5°C of warming could trigger a shift to savannah—a catastrophe that would otherwise only occur at 4°C of warming.
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Nature
Deforestation-induced drying lowers Amazon climate threshold
Nature - The Amazon forest faces a near system-wide transition of 62−77% of the area under a combination of 1.5–1.9 °C global warming and 22−28% deforestation.
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Climate change is making the Amazon's rain far more sensitive to deforestation. A new study warns that warming lowers the "tipping point" for rainfall collapse, meaning even current 20% legal clearing limits are no longer enough to prevent crop failure.
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AGU Journals
Climate Change Amplifies Rainfall Sensitivity to Deforestation in the Southern Amazon
Climate and land-use change lower the deforestation threshold for rainfall decline in Amazon area
In Southern Amazon area, climate change will amplify the magnitude of temperature and the extent ...
In Southern Amazon area, climate change will amplify the magnitude of temperature and the extent ...
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Periodical cicadas suffer legacy effects of deforestation and cannot be reintroduced to areas of local extirpation.
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The Ecological Society of America
Periodical cicadas suffer legacy effects of century‐old forest removal
Periodical cicada (Magicicada spp.) ranges have continued to decline even as their habitat has rebounded from historic lows. This counterintuitive trajectory may be a consequence of Magicicada's limi...