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i was interested to see these findings but not surprised that the impact of land cover change could have impacts on the climate other than just through the carbon cycle. we are familiar, as you say, with the need to stop deforestation and recover a lot of our lost forest in order to keep carbon out of the atmosphere. but increasingly we are appreciating that greenhouse gas emissions are not the only way that forests interact with the atmosphere and, in fact, these other non— greenhouse impacts on forestation or on local temperature are also quite important and, in fact, can be more significant at the local scale in terms of the physically lived climate experience, in particular places than the impacts of global climate change. 0n the face of it it looks like an added bonus, in a way that there is more water to come down but,
ImpactsCarbon-cycleClimateImpactFindingsLand-coverWayLotAtmosphereCarbonDeforestationForestacross europe would lead to 7.6% rise in rain in the summer months. i�*m joined now by frances seymour — distinguished senior fellow at the world resources institute, and a leading figure in the field of deforestation and reforestation. all things forestation, really. but first things first, when i think about the amazon rainforest i suppose we should not be too surprised that these findings. are you surprised that all about the scaling of rainfall there in this forecast? ! rainfall there in this forecast?— rainfall there in this forecast? ., , , ., forecast? i was interested to see these — forecast? i was interested to see these findings _ forecast? i was interested to see these findings but - forecast? i was interested to see these findings but not i see these findings but not surprised that the impact of land cover change could have impacts on the climate other than just through the carbon cycle. we are familiar, as you say, with the need to stop the forestation and recover a lot of our lost forest in order to
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The Mississippi River near Vicksburg, looking Northeast at the Interstate 20 bridge, the confluence of the Yazoo River is in the foreground. The photo was taken by a drone flown by Jim Alvis and Mike Manning of the U.S. Geological Survey in the summer of 2016. Image credit: USGS
A team of scientists including a University of Michigan aquatic ecologist is forecasting this summer’s Gulf of Mexico hypoxic area or “dead zone,” an area of low to no oxygen that can kill fish and other marine life, to be approximately 4,880 square miles, a bit smaller than the state of Connecticut.
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The year of 2020 was challenging for every company worldwide. Suzano’s Annual Report, a Brazilian company and a global reference in developing sustainable and innovative solutions from renewable sources, shares how the organization was able to deal with this uncertain moment, caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, being able to simultaneously keep the business up and running, its employees and families safe, and helping the Brazilian authorities to minimize the impacts of this urgent matter.
The content of the report considers the most relevant topics for the business and our stakeholders, in line with the commitments assumed until 2030. For the first time, Suzano presents the progress in performance of each of the long-term goals.
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