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When will the Amazon hit a tipping point?

Scientists say climate change, deforestation and fires could cause the world’s largest rainforest to dry out. The big question is how soon that might happen.
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  1. Ignacio Amigo

    1. Ignacio Amigo is a science writer based in Manaus, Brazil.

An aerial view of deforestation in the Amazon basin forest of Brazil.

Deforestation in Altamira, Pará state, Brazil. Credit: Joao Laet/AFP via Getty

Seen from a monitoring tower above the treetops near Manaus in the Brazilian Amazon, the rainforest canopy stretches to the horizon as an endless sea of green. It looks like a rich and healthy ecosystem, but appearances are deceiving. This rainforest — which holds 16,000 separate tree species — is slowly drying out.

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Nature578, 505-507 (2020)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-020-00508-4

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