Study: Drought impedes tree growth, shuts down Amazon carbon sink
Mongabay,
The Amazon Basin stores 100 billion tons of carbon, serving as a valuable carbon sink and buffer against climate change.
The Climate Post: Climate Pledges May Not Be Enough
Huffington Post,
The European Union (EU) is now the second body to submit an official climate target to the United Nations ahead of talks to…
Drought Causes Amazon Rainforest Trees to 'Inhale' Less Carbon from the Atmosphere
Science World Report,
For the first time ever, scientists have discovered direct evidence of the rate at which individual trees in the Amazon…
Trees photosynthesized more slowly during 2010 Amazon drought
Environmental Research Web,
Growth continued whilst mortality rate doubled within a couple of years
Drought impact on forest carbon dynamics and fluxes in Amazonia
Bioportfolio,
In 2005 and 2010 the Amazon basin experienced two strong droughts driven by shifts in the tropical hydrological regime possibly…
Direct evidence that drought-weakened Amazonian forests 'inhale less carbon'
Science Daily,
Direct evidence of the rate at which individual trees in the Amazonian basin 'inhale' carbon from the atmosphere during severe…
Direct evidence that drought-weakened Amazonian forests 'inhale less carbon'
Phys.org,
For the first time, an international research team has provided direct evidence of the rate at which individual trees in the…