Synergy between land use and climate change increases future risk in Amazon forests

Tropical forests have been a permanent feature of the Amazon basin for at least 55 million years, yet climate change and land use threaten the forest’s future over the next century. Understory forest fires, which are common under the current climate in frontier forests, may accelerate Amazon forest...

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Main Author: Le Page, Yannick (author)
Other Authors: Morton, Douglas (author), Hartin, Corinne (author), Bond-Lamberty, Ben (author), Cardoso Pereira, José Miguel (author), Hurtt, George (author), Asrar, Ghassem (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2018
Subjects:
land use
climate change
fire risk
Amazon forests
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/14601
Country:Portugal
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http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/14601

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