Amazon Forest Unexpectedly Resilient to Drought

Amazon Forest Unexpectedly Resilient to Drought

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The new finding contradicts a prominent global climate model that predicts the Amazon forest would begin to "brown down" after just a month of drought. The model also predicts an eventual forest collapse, shifting the ecosystem permanently from a thick, evergreen, broad-leaved forest to a grassy savanna.

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