Constraining Amazonian land surface temperature sensitivity to precipitation and the probability of forest dieback

Abstract The complete or partial collapse of the forests of Amazonia is consistently named as one of the top ten possible tipping points of Planet Earth in a changing climate. However, apart from a few observational studies that showed increased mortality after the severe droughts of 2005 and 2010,...

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Main Authors: Yuanfang Chai, Guilherme Martins, Carlos Nobre, Celso von Randow, Tiexi Chen, Han Dolman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-02-01
Series:npj Climate and Atmospheric Science
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41612-021-00162-1