The Amazon's lush greenery and network of waterways are at risk in the face of this summer's record fires, but another force of nature brewing high above the landscape is also deserving of attention, scientists and researchers say.
, but another force of nature brewing high above the landscape is also deserving of attention, scientists and researchers say.
"It's well-known that the weather patterns affect rainfall in the breadbasket of South America," she added,"but there's also evidence that it affects the breadbasket that is the middle of the U.S." While some areas could see a decline in rainfall, such as the U.S. Midwest and southern France, an opposite effect of more precipitation might be seen in Hawaii and the United Kingdom, according to the study, although the exact scale is still unclear.published through the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies noted that as humans"shave the planet of trees, we risk drying up these aerial rivers and the lands that depend on them for rain.
in the journal Science Advances reported that a tipping point can now be reached in Brazil at 20 percent to 25 percent. , accusing them of starting the blazes in order to undermine him. He provided no evidence for the claim.
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