Report says logging and burning of Amazon might be connected to worsening droughts – such as the one plaguing São Paulo
The Amazon rainforest has degraded to the point where it is losing its ability to benignly regulate weather systems, according to a stark new warning from one of Brazil’s leading scientists.
In a new report, Antonio Nobre, researcher in the government’s space institute, Earth System Science Centre, says the logging and burning of the world’s greatest forest might be connected to worsening droughts – such as the one currently plaguing São Paulo – and is likely to lead eventually to more extreme weather events.http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/oct/31/amazon-rainforest-deforestation-weather-droughts-report
In a new report, Antonio Nobre, researcher in the government’s space institute, Earth System Science Centre, says the logging and burning of the world’s greatest forest might be connected to worsening droughts – such as the one currently plaguing São Paulo – and is likely to lead eventually to more extreme weather events.http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/oct/31/amazon-rainforest-deforestation-weather-droughts-report
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