Land Use Change and Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon | Nature ...
The Brazilian Amazon is a critical ecosystem that plays a vital role in global climate regulation and biodiversity. ... This Nature Research Intelligence Topic summary is one of 30,000 created ...
Amazonian Human Impact and Ancient Landscapes - Nature
Amazonian Dark Earths: Fertile soils found in the Amazon, believed to be created by ancient human activity, rich in organic matter and nutrients. References Lidar reveals pre-Hispanic low-density ...
Amazon rainforest - Wikipedia
The Amazon rainforest, [a] also called Amazon jungle or Amazonia, is a moist broadleaf tropical rainforest in the Amazon biome that covers most of the Amazon basin of South America. This basin encompasses 7,000,000 km 2 (2,700,000 sq mi), [ 2 ] of which 6,000,000 km 2 (2,300,000 sq mi) are covered by the rainforest . [ 3 ]
The role of rivers in the origin and future of Amazonian …
2025年1月15日 · The Amazon biome contains more species than any other region on Earth 1. ... Latrubesse, E. M. et al. Damming the rivers of the Amazon basin. Nature 546, 363–369 (2017).
Critical transitions in the Amazon forest system | Nature
2024年2月14日 · Using examples of disturbed forests across the Amazon, we identify the three most plausible ecosystem trajectories, involving different feedbacks and environmental conditions. We discuss how the...
Amazon forest biogeography predicts resilience and ... - Nature
2024年6月19日 · Amazonia contains the most extensive tropical forests on Earth, but Amazon carbon sinks of atmospheric CO2 are declining, as deforestation and climate-change-associated droughts1–4 threaten to ...
Amazon Rainforest | Plants, Animals, Climate, & Deforestation
5 天之前 · Amazon Rainforest, large tropical rainforest occupying the Amazon basin in northern South America and covering an area of 2,300,000 square miles (6,000,000 square km). It is the world’s richest and most-varied biological reservoir, containing several million species.
Isoprene nitrates drive new particle formation in Amazon’s ... - Nature
2024年12月4日 · Nature - Aircraft measurements over the Amazon show that new particle formation in the upper troposphere emerges when isoprene, emitted by forests, undergoes oxidation in the presence of...
Ecuador Announces First Debt Conversion for Amazon Conservation
2024年12月15日 · Today, the Republic of Ecuador, with the support of The Nature Conservancy (TNC), the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC), the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), and Bank of America, announced the financial close of a debt conversion facilitated by TNC’s Nature Bonds Program to advance the …
Amazon Rainforest | The Nature Conservancy
Indigenous territories occupy 22%—more than 300 million acres—of the Amazon, including many of its best-preserved areas. The Nature Conservancy believes that one of the most effective ways to achieve lasting positive outcomes for nature and people is to partner with indigenous peoples and local communities on shared conservation goals.