Addressing the Amazon tipping point is more urgent than ever. REDD is not working. The worst thing we could do is trade the carbon stored in the Amazon against emissions from burning fossil fuels
Addressing the Amazon tipping point is more urgent than ever. REDD is not working. The worst thing we could do is trade the carbon stored in the Amazon against emissions from burning fossil fuels
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The Amazon rainforest is rapidly approaching a tipping point. As deforestation increases the rainforest is in places already changing towards a drier ecosystem. Recent research published in Nature Communications found that at a global scale the Amazon rainforest is a “tipping element”, or “a site for which the crossing of some critical threshold could have major consequences for the state or development of the earth’s climate system”.
Addressing the Amazon tipping point is more urgent than ever. REDD is not working. The worst thing we could do is trade the carbon stored in the Amazon against emissions from burning fossil fuels
Addressing the Amazon tipping point is more…
Addressing the Amazon tipping point is more urgent than ever. REDD is not working. The worst thing we could do is trade the carbon stored in the Amazon against emissions from burning fossil fuels
The Amazon rainforest is rapidly approaching a tipping point. As deforestation increases the rainforest is in places already changing towards a drier ecosystem. Recent research published in Nature Communications found that at a global scale the Amazon rainforest is a “tipping element”, or “a site for which the crossing of some critical threshold could have major consequences for the state or development of the earth’s climate system”.