The Amazon in crisis: Forest loss threatens the region and ...
Nov 8, 2022 · The Amazon is in crisis as forests are threatened by deforestation, fires, and degradation; surface water has been lost; and rivers are increasingly disconnected and polluted. This immense pressure—if not slowed or stopped—will irreversibly damage the Amazon and the overall planet in the very near future.
Trouble in the Amazon - Nature
Aug 24, 2023 · Climate change, deforestation and other human threats are driving the rainforest towards a tipping point of sustainability. Researchers are racing to chart the Amazon’s future.
Deforestation of the Amazon rainforest - Wikipedia
Deforestation escalated after the construction of highways penetrating deep into the forest, such as the Trans-Amazonian Highway in 1972. Challenges arose in parts of the Amazon where poor soil conditions made plantation-based agriculture unprofitable.
This challenge aims to protect and restore the Amazon
Jun 4, 2021 · Deforestation of the Amazon basin has taken on dire consequences. The trees of the Amazon rainforest have been considered the lungs of the planet - by absorbing carbon dioxide and producing 20% of the earth's oxygen - but a recent study published in Nature Climate Change revealed that the Brazilian Amazon released nearly 20% more carbon dioxide in the …
Deforestation of Brazil’s Amazon Has Reached a Record High ...
Aug 24, 2022 · Deforestation of the Amazon Rainforest is threatening to accelerate past a point of no return. Countries and international organizations have called on Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro to...
Brazil: Amazon sees worst deforestation levels in 15 years - BBC
Nov 19, 2021 · Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon rainforest has hit its highest level in over 15 years, official data shows. A report by Brazil's space research agency (Inpe) found that deforestation...
How deregulation, drought and increasing fire impact ... - Nature
Sep 1, 2021 · Deforestation has led to large amounts of habitat loss, and fires further exacerbate this already substantial impact on Amazonian biodiversity. Since 2001, 103,079–189,755 km 2 of Amazon...