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
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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…