How does deforestation impact nutrient cycling within the Amazon ecosystem?

Deforestation in the Amazon has taken place mainly in Brazil, where already about 20 percent of that country's Amazon rainforest has been destroyed. If ... Nov 23, 2021 ... In Brazil, this has been the case since at least the 1970s: government figures attributed 38 percent of deforestation from 1966-1975 to large- ... Jul 2, 2019 ... The rate of rainforest destruction had been stable during the first few months of Bolsonaro's presidency but began to soar in May and June ... Mar 7, 2022 ... We find that more than three-quarters of the Amazon rainforest has been losing resilience since the early 2000s, consistent with the approach to a critical ... Jul 14, 2021 ... The study area, which represents about 20 percent of the Amazon basin, has lost 30 percent of its rainforest ... percent of the forest had been ... Aug 22, 2024 ... For example, largely due to drought and climate change, there were at least 61 percent more fires in the Amazon during the first six months of ... Apr 4, 2024 ... How much forest has been replaced by specific agricultural commodities? ... The Amazon accounted for 70 percent of forest area replaced by ... Nov 7, 2013 ... ... destruction of the Amazon rainforest could affect climate elsewhere ... Previous research has shown that deforestation will likely produce dry air ... Mar 21, 2024 ... Meanwhile, in Colombia, which hosts about 10 percent of the rainforest, Amazon ... Despite successes in the Amazon, deforestation has ... Close to 20 percent of the Amazon has been destroyed over the past fifty years, and some scientists say the tipping point, or the point at which the forest's ...