2026-08-21 04:10 UTC
Forest degradation (continued)
"Southeast Asian forests have the strongest declines in aboveground biomass under increasing water limitation. […] Predicting tropical-forest carbon storage requires accounting for interactions among climate, disturbance, soil and topography".
Nunes, M.H., Muller-Landau, H.C., Görgens, E.B. et al. "Heterogeneous climatic controls on tropical-forest biomass" (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-026-10880-2
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@maugendre@mas.to 2026-09-16 18:55
"We show that high temperature extremes and temp-linked measures of water deficit are both changing at a much faster rate than central trends... Crucially, over 700,000 square km in central-north Amazonia have experienced increases in extreme dry season temps ≥ 0.75 °C dec-1 ( ≥ 3.22 °C over 43yrs)." Barlow et al. "Rapid increase of climate extremes reveals new areas of concern in Amazonia" (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-026-03975-1 #degradation #droughts #deforestation #landUse #landUseChange #forests #forest #carbon #Brazil #beef #cattle #Amazon #Amazonia