Amazon Rainforest Near Tipping Point as Warming and Deforestation Threaten Large-Scale Collapse, Study Warns
Scientists said major changes in the Amazon would affect atmospheric moisture transport far beyond the forest itself. The rainforest plays a critical role in recycling moisture through evapotranspiration, which is the process by which trees absorb water from soil and release it back into the atmosphere through their leaves. According to the study, up to…