The Amazon in crisis: Forest loss threatens the region and the …
Nov 8, 2022 · With the launch of its Living Amazon Report 2022, WWF synthesizes the latest information on the region, its critical global role, the threats it faces, and solutions that require an unprecedented global commitment to stop the Amazon’s destruction.
"We are killing this ecosystem": the scientists tracking the Amazon…
Aug 24, 2023 · Climate change, deforestation and other human threats are driving the rainforest towards a tipping point of sustainability. Researchers are racing to chart the Amazon’s future.
Tracking Amazon Deforestation from Above - NASA Earth …
Dec 19, 2019 · Scientists have used satellites to track the deforestation of the Amazon rainforest for several decades — enough time to see some remarkable shifts in the pace and location of clearing.
Map: See how much of the Amazon forest is burning, how it …
Aug 29, 2019 · Deforestation rates across the Amazon have spiked this year, driving the devastating blazes. Our maps show the story.
The drivers and impacts of Amazon forest degradation | Science
Most analyses of land-use and land-cover change in the Amazon forest have focused on the causes and effects of deforestation. However, anthropogenic disturbances cause degradation of the remaining Amazon forest and threaten their future.
The Amazon has survived changes in the climate for 65 million …
Feb 14, 2024 · The Amazon has proven resilient to natural changes in the climate for 65 million years, but deforestation and the human-caused climate crisis have brought new levels of stress and could cause a...
Critical transitions in the Amazon forest system | Nature
Feb 14, 2024 · Here we analyse existing evidence for five major drivers of water stress on Amazonian forests, as well as potential critical thresholds of those drivers that, if crossed, could trigger local,...
Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon drops by nearly 31% compared …
Nov 6, 2024 · Forest loss in Brazil’s Amazon dropped by 30.6% compared to the previous year, officials said Wednesday, the lowest level of destruction in nine years. In a 12-month span, the Amazon rainforest lost 6,288 square kilometers (2,428 square miles), roughly the size of the U.S. state of Delaware.
Pronounced loss of Amazon rainforest resilience since the
Mar 7, 2022 · 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...
First study of all Amazon greenhouse gases suggests the damaged forest …
Mar 11, 2021 · Deforestation in Brazil has exploded in recent years, hitting a 12-year high in 2020, increasing nearly 10 percent from the year before. Some of these processes draw down greenhouse gases from...
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