The impact of Amazon's climate-driven drought is predicted to last until early 2026, with scientists attributing the drought to warming in the tropical North Atlantic Ocean and off South America’s Pacific Coast. The drought has weakened the rainforest, leaving trees stressed by hot and dry conditions, endangering river dolphins, and causing deadly riverbank collapses. An ambitious Brazilian plan launched at #COP28 aims to conserve rainforests by seeking global funding. Climate change, beef, and biofuels are also contributing to the degradation of the Amazon, but there is hope for its salvation through the right policies and sustained determination.
From the Editorial Board: Here’s a realistic path to protecting the Amazon rainforest https://t.co/fw5zJGp9lV
Climate change, beef and biofuels are all driving the Amazon, its rich biodiversity and carbon sinks, into the ground. It can be saved, but only with the right incentive/disincentive policies plus sustained determination. https://t.co/pYeJsgEc1m
⭐ Today’s essential read: Climate change may leave the Amazon rainforest battling drought effects until 2026
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Scientists attribute the drought in the Amazon rainforest to warming in the tropical North Atlantic Ocean and off South America’s Pacific Coast, phenomena that are becoming more extreme with climate change https://t.co/a2dy5HTt4l https://t.co/KYGlRh4oIs
Five of nine scientists that @Reuters interviewed said that it is unlikely the Amazon rainforest will make a full recovery before early 2026. Four of the scientists said it was hard to predict precisely when the rainforest would recover from this drought https://t.co/a2dy5HTt4l https://t.co/MYvoD1wXyx
Impact of Amazon’s climate-driven drought may last until 2026 https://t.co/uVG2qaYnqD
Rainforests provide a global public good. So the world should pay to conserve them. An ambitious Brazilian plan launched at #COP28 could help https://t.co/84aTYGmdbc 👇
Impact of Amazon's climate-driven drought may last until 2026 https://t.co/6iIgv1KbSr https://t.co/X5nMjstd2K
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