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Ancient forest fires seem to have played a role in enhancing resistance to drought in the Amazon, a recent study suggests. The research, published in Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, focused on areas without known recent fires, but with high concentrations of pyrogenic carbon (PyC), a material found in the soil that’s produced by […]

Human Activity and Climate Change Led to Degradation of Amazon Rainforest Written by AZoCleantechMay 3 2021 According to a new study, the Brazilian Amazon rainforest discharged more carbon compared to what it stored over the past 10 years, where degradation was a major contributor compared to deforestation. Degraded forest in Mato Grosso, Brazil. Image Credit: Ted Feldpausch. Over 60% of the Amazon rainforest is found in Brazil, and researchers involved in the new study employed satellite monit...