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Amazon Rainforest Could be the Next Source of World's Next ...


Study: Could the Amazon become ground zero for the world's next ...

The leading driver of zoonotic diseases— which jump from animals to humans — is deforestation. When people cut down forests to make room for ...

Amazon rainforest could reach 'tipping point' by 2050, scientists warn

The new study, published in Nature on Wednesday, went further in its complexity, analysing evidence for five drivers of water stress and ...

The Amazon is near a tipping point: We need urgent nature-based ...

The Amazon forest is at risk of "savannization" due to climate change and land use change. We need a paradigm shift away from the predatory ...

Amazon Rainforest Could be the Next Source of World's Next ...

World's Next Pandemic ... The Amazon rainforest could be the ground zero or source of the world's next pandemic, according to a scientific paper ...

The Tipping Point: Is the Amazon Rainforest Approaching a Point of ...

While teams of scientists all over the world study and discuss the coming climate tipping points, Indigenous communities across the Ecuadorian Amazon—and people ...

Critical transitions in the Amazon forest system - Nature

Fire may prevent future Amazon forest recovery after large-scale deforestation ... may cause long-term changes in Amazonian climatic conditions.

Stress in up to 50% of the Amazon may lead to tipping point by 2050

... could push the forest towards a major tipping point by 2050, new research finds. The largest rainforest in the world is already under ...

Parts of Amazon rainforest could tip toward collapse by 2050, study ...

“At the end of this process, our planet will reorganize itself, find a new equilibrium,” Bernardo M. ... cause it to transition,” Flores said.

The Complex Role of the Amazon Rainforest - Greenly

However, recent scientific studies suggest that the Amazon could become a carbon source if decisive action is not taken to protect this ...

The Amazon is turning into savannah – we have 5 years to save it

... deforestation could cause the rainforest to dry out. A few years later, a team of Brazilian scientists including Carlos Nobre, who is now co ...

Climate change in the Amazon | WWF - Panda.org

... Amazon rainforest into savanna, with massive impacts on the world's ... There are concerns that the Amazon region could become a net source rather ...

Amazon deforestation: The next climate tipping point?

... world's largest tropical rainforest is – you guessed it – the Amazon. ... These changes could cause trillions of dollars in damage to the ...

The future of the Amazon: new perspectives from climate, ecosystem ...

The loss of substantial areas of Amazonian forest, from whatever cause, would therefore contribute to an acceleration of the rate of global climate change ...

Global Warming Impact Zones | Amazon Rain Forest

What Can I Do? ... source by the middle of the century. Sources: http://rainforests.mongabay.com/amazon/amazon_destruction.html; World Wildlife Fund; PEW Climate.

Amazon Rainforest Will Collapse by 2064, New Study Predicts

The future of the world's largest rainforest looks bleak. A report for Environment: Science and Policy for Sustainable Development concluded ...

Ask an Amazon Expert: Why We Can't Afford to Lose the Rainforest

The World Wildlife Fund states that forest loss and reduced rainfall may turn the Amazon into a net source rather than capturer of carbon ...

Can Amazon Countries Save the Rain Forest?

... Amazon Rainforest is the world's largest tropical forest. This vast ... If this continues, it could cause the Amazon's historically wet, tropical ...

Deforestation, warming flip part of Amazon forest from carbon sink to ...

The study area, which represents about 20 percent of the Amazon basin, has lost 30 percent of its rainforest. New results from a nine-year ...

Will Deforestation and Warming Push the Amazon to a Tipping Point?

So in the next 20 to 30 years, the Amazon will become only a source of carbon. e360: Given the dire situation in the Amazon now, what can be ...

Impact of Amazon's climate-driven drought may last until 2026

The Amazon, the world's largest rainforest, is regarded by ... worldwide sources and experts. World-Check , opens new tab. Screen for ...