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“Red Alert”: Half of Amazon Rainforest Could Reach Climate Tipping Point by Mid-Century
Publicado em 16 de fevereiro de 2024
Scientists warn worsening wildfires, deforestation and warmer temperatures could permanently destroy the water cycle sustaining large portions of the Amazon rainforest in the coming decades.
In a study published this week by the journal Nature, researchers say that between 10% to nearly half of the Amazon's ecosystem is at risk of transitioning from rainforest to savannah by the year 2050 unless deforestation is dramatically reduced and urgent action is taken to curb the worst impacts of [...]