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El Niño could have a devastating impact on the Amazon rainforest
Scientist warns that if too much of the Amazon rainforest burns, “it could basically cross the tipping point”.
Aug 17
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New study warns that deforestation means that the Amazon tipping point could be closer than previously thought
A tipping point could be reached at 1.5 to 1.9°C global heating.
May 8
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Scientists at COP30: “Forest protection cannot be used as offsets”
“Standing forests cannot be an excuse to keep burning fossil fuels."
Nov 25, 2025
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In 2024, for the second year running, forests stopped acting as a carbon sink
And the Trump regime covered up NOAA's findings of a record CO₂ increase.
Apr 28, 2025
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The Brazilian Amazon is burning. Yet again
A more dramatic illustration of the failure of REDD is difficult to imagine.
Oct 9, 2024
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In 2023 the world’s forests stopped acting as a carbon sink
“We cannot count on ecosystems to bail us out in the future.”
Aug 7, 2024
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Amazon rainforest: Deforestation, drought, and fire are affecting the monsoon and leading to a dangerous tipping point
REDD proponents continue to push the false solution of storing carbon in trees - and trading that carbon against continued emissions from burning fossil…
Oct 13, 2023
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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 rainforest is rapidly approaching a tipping point. As deforestation increases the rainforest is in places already changing towards a drier…
Nov 30, 2022
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The Brazilian Amazon is a carbon source not a sink
A new study in Nature Climate Change used satellite monitoring to measure carbon storage in the Brazilian Amazon rainforest between 2010 to 2019.
May 11, 2021
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Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon this year reached the highest rate since 2008
Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon rainforest increased this year to its highest rate since 2008, according to data released this week by Brazil’s…
Nov 20, 2019
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Guest Post: The Amazon fires mark the end of REDD+
By Lauren Gifford, Human-Environment Geographer, Colorado State University.
Aug 28, 2019
Dahr Jamail’s new book, “The End of Ice”. And the end of the Amazon
Dahr Jamail is a journalist who, since 2003, has reported on the realities of war in Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Turkey and Jordan.
Mar 6, 2019
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