Friday, May 23, 2014

Devastating Human Impact on the Amazon Rainforest Revealed

Logging. The human impact on the Amazon rainforest has been grossly underestimated according to an international team of researchers from Brazil and the UK, led by Lancaster University. (Credit: Jos Barlow) Click to enlarge.
The human impact on the Amazon rainforest has been grossly underestimated according to an international team of researchers.  They found that selective logging and surface wildfires can result in an annual loss of 54 billion tons of carbon from the Brazilian Amazon, increasing greenhouse gas emissions.  This is equivalent to 40% of the yearly carbon loss from deforestation -- when entire forests are chopped down.

 Devastating Human Impact on the Amazon Rainforest Revealed
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