Massive Deforestation Found in Brazil's Cerrado

Agricultural expansion in Brazil's Cerrado is quickly chewing up rainforests and savannas--even altering the region's water cycle, a first-of-its-kind study finds. The findings reveal that forest clearing, previously prevalent in the Amazon, has shifted--making Cerrado a new hotspot for tropical deforestation.

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