SCIENCE & NATURE BRIEFS
Jul 25, 2021
1 minute
AMAZON REVERSAL
he carbon-buffering potential of the Amazon rainforest is being threatened by climate change and deforestation, with some regions now emitting more carbon than they absorb. suggests human-induced climate change and deforestation have stimulated a reduction in the rainforest’s capacity for absorbing carbon and altered the balance of carbon gases. The south-eastern Amazon has transformed from a carbon sink to a carbon contributor.
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