Two massive droughts evidence that climate change is ‘playing Russian roulette’ with Amazon

Mongabay: Two massive droughts evidence that climate change is 'playing Russian roulette' with Amazon In 2005 the Amazon rainforest underwent a massive drought that was labeled a one-in-100 year event. The subsequent die-off of trees from the drought released 5 billion tons of CO2. Just five years later another major drought struck. The 2010 drought, which desiccated entire rivers, may have been even worse according to a new study in Science, adding on-the-ground evidence to fears that climate change may......

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