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A satellite image showing dark green tropical forest in Mato Grosso, Brazil, with blocky areas that have been deforested. The light green patches are now cattle ranches, while the yellow-brown areas are exposed soil. There are also dots of small clouds over the area.
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Deforestation Is Reducing Rainfall in the Amazon

Sarah Derouin, Science Writer by Sarah Derouin 19 May 202519 May 2025

Researchers found that between 2002 and 2015, a 3.2% reduction in Brazilian forest cover led to a 5.4% reduction in precipitation levels.

A large tree with pink blossoms towers above a forest of other green trees.
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Some Tropical Trees Benefit from Lightning Strikes

Katherine Kornei, Science Writer by Katherine Kornei 12 May 2025

Direct lightning strikes cause minimal damage to Dipteryx oleifera. But these same strikes effectively kill parasitic vines and neighboring trees that compete with the species for light and nutrients.

A rocky riverbed with two small streams surrounded by gray mountains. There are some green patches of plants and some snow on the peaks.
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Megadroughts Have Grown in Size and Scope

by Rebecca Owen 6 February 20256 February 2025

A new study maps and ranks the largest, longest-lasting, and most severe multiyear droughts from 1980 to 2018.

Imagen de un bosque en donde varios árboles se han caído o están descansando sobre otros
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Las tormentas están tirando cada vez más árboles

by Nathaniel Scharping 13 December 202413 December 2024

La cantidad de árboles derribados por el viento ha incrementado casi cuatro veces en la región, probablemente por tormentas más fuertes.

A view of a forest in which many trees have fallen to the ground or are leaning against other trees
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Storms Are Knocking Down More and More Trees in the Amazon

by Nathaniel Scharping 8 November 202416 December 2024

Windthrows have increased nearly fourfold in the region, likely because of stronger storms.

Aerial view of the Amazon rainforest with many channels of water
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Tree Mortality May Lead to Carbon Tipping Point in the Amazon by 2050s

by Rebecca Owen 14 August 202414 August 2024

A new study suggests drought conditions in the Amazon rainforest over the rest of the century.

A dry tree stands out amid green trees in an Amazon forest.
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South American Rainforests Are on the Brink of Becoming Carbon Sources

by Sofia Moutinho 17 October 202317 October 2023

Plants’ ability to stock carbon ceased during the 2015–2016 El Niño, as temperatures skyrocketed and trees died.

A woman in a blue dress sits outside and records her production and consumption in an agroecological log in Brazil.
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Como as mudanças climáticas estão afetando as mulheres na Amazônia

by Meghie Rodrigues 24 March 202324 March 2023

Secas e enchentes alteraram radicalmente a agricultura familiar, mas lideranças femininas estão encontrando soluções para si e suas comunidades.

Photo of a digger clearing access to forest for selective logging in Borneo.
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Selectively Logged Forests Are Not Broken

by Erin Martin-Jones 23 January 202323 January 2023

Borneo’s logged forests are buzzing with life and have unrealized conservation potential.

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How Climate Change Is Affecting Women in the Amazon

by Meghie Rodrigues 16 November 20221 June 2023

Droughts and floods have radically altered family farming, but women leaders are finding solutions for themselves and their communities.

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