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When will the Amazon hit a tipping point?

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  • Ignacio Amigo

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Scientists say climate change, deforestation and fires could cause the world’s largest rainforest to dry out. The big question is how soon that might happen.

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  • Ignacio Amigo, 2020. "When will the Amazon hit a tipping point?," Nature, Nature, vol. 578(7796), pages 505-507, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:578:y:2020:i:7796:d:10.1038_d41586-020-00508-4
    DOI: 10.1038/d41586-020-00508-4
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    1. Helvécio de Oliveira Filho & José Francisco de Oliveira-Júnior & Marcos Vinícius da Silva & Alexandre Maniçoba da Rosa Ferraz Jardim & Munawar Shah & João Paulo Assis Gobo & Claudio José Cavalcante Bl, 2022. "Dynamics of Fire Foci in the Amazon Rainforest and Their Consequences on Environmental Degradation," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(15), pages 1-21, August.
    2. Alexandre C. Köberle & Vassilis Daioglou & Pedro Rochedo & André F. P. Lucena & Alexandre Szklo & Shinichiro Fujimori & Thierry Brunelle & Etsushi Kato & Alban Kitous & Detlef P. Vuuren & Roberto Scha, 2022. "Can global models provide insights into regional mitigation strategies? A diagnostic model comparison study of bioenergy in Brazil," Climatic Change, Springer, vol. 170(1), pages 1-31, January.
    3. Coline C. F. Boonman & Josep M. Serra-Diaz & Selwyn Hoeks & Wen-Yong Guo & Brian J. Enquist & Brian Maitner & Yadvinder Malhi & Cory Merow & Robert Buitenwerf & Jens-Christian Svenning, 2024. "More than 17,000 tree species are at risk from rapid global change," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-14, December.
    4. Müller-Casseres, Eduardo & Carvalho, Francielle & Nogueira, Tainan & Fonte, Clarissa & Império, Mariana & Poggio, Matheus & Wei, Huang Ken & Portugal-Pereira, Joana & Rochedo, Pedro R.R. & Szklo, Alex, 2021. "Production of alternative marine fuels in Brazil: An integrated assessment perspective," Energy, Elsevier, vol. 219(C).
    5. DePaula, Guilherme M. & Justino, Leandro, 2020. "Can Markets Save the Brazilian Forests?," 2020 Annual Meeting, July 26-28, Kansas City, Missouri 304482, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
    6. Mathieu Dufour, 2023. "Trade Policy and Ecological Transition," Politics and Governance, Cogitatio Press, vol. 11(1), pages 214-222.
    7. Bård Harstad, 2020. "The Conservation Multiplier," CESifo Working Paper Series 8283, CESifo.

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