3-5: Forests and
Deforestation
Short Summaries of Recent Research
Amazonian Deforestation Rate Continues to
Increase
- Contributions of Fires to
Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Levels
- Amazonian Rainforests, Even Undisturbed by
Humans, are Undergoing Change.
- Amazon Fires Cause Changes in Cloud
Droplet Formation and Stratospheric Water and Particulate
Levels
- Leaves Fall Off and Decay, but What do Roots
do?
- Nitrogen for Enhanced Biosphere Uptake of
CO2
- Loss
of Soil Carbon in a Warmer Climate
- Synergistic
Effects of CO2 and O3
- Contribution of Major Wildfires to
Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide
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Regulation of development and deforestation in Amazonia
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Deforestation raised cloud base.
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Importance of Maintaining Resilience in Ecosysems
Seed Germination.
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Boreal Forest Area as a Source of Carbon Dioxide
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New Species Created at Rainforest Margins
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