Reposted by Sofia Bolumar
A striking new finding:
👉 Amazon dieback threshold without major deforestation: ~4°C warming
👉 With severe deforestation: ~1.5°C warming
Deforestation weakens the rainforest's ability to generate rainfall, pushing the entire system toward a tipping point.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
nature.com
Robust projections of risks to the Amazon rainforest
Amazonian deforestation is altering atmospheric moisture transport; as a result, even low levels of global warming could trigger dieback of most of the remaining forest.