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40 Percent of the Amazon Is on the Brink of Transitioning to Savanna – Gizmodo
Huge swaths of the Amazon have gotten so dry that they may be on the brink of transitioning into an entirely different kind of ecosystem, new research published…
Huge swaths of the Amazon have gotten so dry that they may be on the brink of transitioning into an entirely different kind of ecosystem, new research published in Nature Communications warns.
Rainforest ecosystems are very sensitive to changes in precipitation, since their rich, wildlife-sustaining foliage depends on receiving moisture. But thanks to climate change, the worlds tropical regions are becoming drier. With this in mind, researchers wanted to see how stable tropical rainforests arou…
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