The drought in 2010 covered almost half of the whole Amazon forest. And amazingly, about one fifth of the entire forest was experiencing severe drought

 


Severe Drought In The Amazon Is Caused By Climate Change, Study Finds (via Planetsave)

The Amazon rainforest has been suffering through the effects of a mega-drought, covering an area more than twice the size of California, since 2005, a new NASA-led study has found. This new research, “when combined with observed recurrences of droughts every few years and associated damage to the…