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Megadrought, Likely From Climate Change, Drying the Amazon
An area in the Amazon twice the size of California is experiencing what scientists call a “megadrought.”, which began in 2005, reports Bailey Johnson at CBS News online. A new study indicates that it has caused widespread damage, and may … Continue reading
Disastrous Climate Change Could Come Fast with Tipping Points
Sudden climate jumps in recent prehistoric Earth history indicates that current climate change could create similar sudden unpredictable shifts by pushing beyond ecological tipping points, says Earth systems scientist Tim Lenton at the University of East Anglia, reports Fred Guteri … Continue reading
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Criminals Are Destroying Important Carbon Storage Systems
Instead of buying illegal wood, we should prevent illegal loggers from destroying the remaining rainforests that function as important climate change buffers by storing carbon, writes William Laurance at the Canberra Times, an Australian newspaper. The 2012 World Bank report, … Continue reading
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Tagged Amazon, Asia, carbon storage, climate change, climate change solutions, deforestation, environment, global warming
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Amazon Basin Becoming Carbon Emitter – Study
The Amazon Basin, traditionally considered a bulwark against global warming, may be becoming a net contributor of carbon dioxide (CO2) as a result of human deforestation, researchers said in a paper recently published in the journal Nature, reports Agence France … Continue reading
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Tagged Amazon, carbon emissions, carbon emitter, carbon sink, climate change, deforestation, forests, global warming, rainforests
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