Deforestation reduces rainfall and agricultural revenues in the Brazilian Amazon

Deforestation in the Amazon region has suggested to influence precipitation in a non-linear way. Here, the authors show that forest loss is associated with decreasing precipitation after a scale-dependent threshold is crossed, which can cause stress on agriculture if deforestation is expanded.

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Autores principales:	Argemiro Teixeira Leite-Filho, Britaldo Silveira Soares-Filho, Juliana Leroy Davis, Gabriel Medeiros Abrahão, Jan Börner
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Publicado:	Nature Portfolio 2021
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Acceso en línea:	https://doaj.org/article/a80c2f577e2f496ab8f1af16cf0eaf35
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:a80c2f577e2f496ab8f1af16cf0eaf352021-12-02T15:36:28ZDeforestation reduces rainfall and agricultural revenues in the Brazilian Amazon10.1038/s41467-021-22840-72041-1723https://doaj.org/article/a80c2f577e2f496ab8f1af16cf0eaf352021-05-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-22840-7https://doaj.org/toc/2041-1723Deforestation in the Amazon region has suggested to influence precipitation in a non-linear way. Here, the authors show that forest loss is associated with decreasing precipitation after a scale-dependent threshold is crossed, which can cause stress on agriculture if deforestation is expanded.Argemiro Teixeira Leite-FilhoBritaldo Silveira Soares-FilhoJuliana Leroy DavisGabriel Medeiros AbrahãoJan BörnerNature PortfolioarticleScienceQENNature Communications, Vol 12, Iss 1, Pp 1-7 (2021)
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description	Deforestation in the Amazon region has suggested to influence precipitation in a non-linear way. Here, the authors show that forest loss is associated with decreasing precipitation after a scale-dependent threshold is crossed, which can cause stress on agriculture if deforestation is expanded.
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title_short	Deforestation reduces rainfall and agricultural revenues in the Brazilian Amazon
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Deforestation reduces rainfall and agricultural revenues in the Brazilian Amazon

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