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PIK_climate (pik_climate@wisskomm.social)'s status on Friday, 06-Oct-2023 22:52:41 JST PIK_climate

The South American #monsoon, which determines the #climate of much of the continent, might be pushed towards a “critical destabilisation point”, finds new study with PIK scientist Niklas Boers. This could put the #Amazon #rainforest at risk of large-scale dieback, which would in turn lead to substantial additional global warming due to additional release of greenhouse gases from the degrading trees.
https://www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/latest-news/a-destabilizing-link-amazon-rainforest-degradation-and-deforestation-endanger-the-south-american-monsoon-1?set_language=en
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  A destabilizing link: Amazon rainforest degradation and deforestation endanger the South American monsoon
  
  10/04/2023 - The impacts of global warming, deforestation and intensified land use are pushing the South American monsoon towards a critical destabilization point, a new study published in the journal Science Advances shows. Once crossed, substantially less rainfall is to be expected in large parts of the South American continent. In turn, this would have major implications for the stability of the Amazon rainforest, as even areas not yet directly affected by land use change would be at risk of dieback.

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