Second Severe Amazon Drought This Decade Spells Disaster for Rainforests
Photo by Ben Sutherland via Flickr Creative Commons The Amazon suffered a record-making drought in 2005, which was thought to be the worst in the 108 years since tracking rains and droughts began. However, researchers are now saying that the drought the region struggled through in 2010 was likely even worse. The impact of two major droughts within a decade could mean that the rainforest so important to carbon capture could be hitting an irreversible downward spiral. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Second Severe Amazon Drought This Decade Spells Disaster for Rainforests
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