Mongabay: A new study in Science is likely to reopen the contentious debate about the impact of climate change on tropical rainforests. Scientific modeling of future climate conditions in tropical rainforests, such as the Amazon, has shown that climate change--combined with deforestation and fire--could create a tipping point whereby a significant portion of the Amazon could turnover to savannah, pushing untold species to extinction and undercutting the many ecosystem services provided by tropical rainforests.......
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Rainforests thrived in warmer conditions in the past, yet study requires “caution”
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on November 11th, 2010
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