Forty years of data reveals how climate change is unevenly reshaping the Amazon
Long-term climate data shows that the Amazon rainforest is losing its resilience as rising temperatures and shifting rainfall patterns favor drought-tolerant trees over species that thrive in moisture.
Four decades of ecological monitoring show that the Amazon is shifting toward a drier state as global temperatures rise. Research published in Nature reveals that trees favoring wet conditions are dying off faster than they can be replaced, while drought-tolerant species are beginning to dominate the canopy.
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