What is the role of the Amazon rainforest in the global ecosystem?

Feb 14, 2024 ... Critical transitions in the Amazon forest system. Bernardo M Flores. Bernardo M Flores. 1. Graduate Program in Ecology, Federal University of Santa Catarina, ... Apr 16, 2024 ... Someone recently asked me why it was important to protect the Amazon rainforest from oil drilling. The question made me angry. Feb 13, 2023 ... This article is part of the Research Topic Biochar from Forest Biomass as a Tool for Climate Change Mitigation and Degraded Soil Reclamation A new predictive framework for Amazon forest fire smoke dispersion over South America has been developed based on the Weather Research and Forecasting with ... Jun 8, 2017 ... We show that deforestation can reduce dry season rainfall by up to 20% far from the deforested area, namely, over the western Amazon basin and the La Plata ... The Amazon River Basin is the world's largest drainage system. The Amazon Basin supports the world's largest rainforest, which accounts for more than half the ... Jan 6, 2023 ... Our analysis finds that forests managed by Indigenous people in the Amazon were strong net carbon sinks from 2001-2021, collectively removing a ... Nov 5, 2018 ... Large uncertainties still dominate the hypothesis of an abrupt large-scale shift of the Amazon forest caused by climate change [Amazonian ... Mar 5, 2025 ... What's the context? South America's vulnerable Amazon rainforest region is a rising frontier for oil and gas drilling. RIO DE JANEIRO - At the ... Dec 19, 2020 ... The Amazon's “Tipping Point”. The Amazon rainforest spans 2.7 million square miles––slightly less than the size of the continental United States ...