Amazon carbon sink threatened by drought

Thursday, March 5, 2009 - 14:42 in Earth & Climate

The Amazon is surprisingly sensitive to drought, according to new research conducted throughout the world's largest tropical forest. The 30-year study, published today in Science, provides the first solid evidence that drought causes massive carbon loss in tropical forests, mainly through killing trees.

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