Self-amplified Amazon forest loss due to vegetation-atmosphere feedbacks

Relatively little is understood about seasonal effect of climate change on the Amazon rainforest. Here, the authors show that Amazon forest loss in response to dry-season intensification during the last glacial period was likely self-amplified by regional vegetation-rainfall feedbacks.

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Main Authors: Delphine Clara Zemp, Carl-Friedrich Schleussner, Henrique M. J. Barbosa, Marina Hirota, Vincent Montade, Gilvan Sampaio, Arie Staal, Lan Wang-Erlandsson, Anja Rammig
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2017
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/f2181aee6d3c4e94a1d9a5baa0b9cf4e
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