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DOI | 10.1088/1748-9326/ab738e |
Feedback between drought and deforestation in the Amazon | |
Staal, Arie1,2; Flores, Bernardo M.3; Aguiar, Ana Paula D.1,4; Bosmans, Joyce H. C.5; Fetzer, Ingo1; Tuinenburg, Obbe A.6 | |
2020-04-01 | |
发表期刊 | ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS |
ISSN | 1748-9326 |
出版年 | 2020 |
卷号 | 15期号:4 |
文章类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | Sweden; Netherlands; Brazil |
英文摘要 | Deforestation and drought are among the greatest environmental pressures on the Amazon rainforest, possibly destabilizing the forest-climate system. Deforestation in the Amazon reduces rainfall regionally, while this deforestation itself has been reported to be facilitated by droughts. Here we quantify the interactions between drought and deforestation spatially across the Amazon during the early 21st century. First, we relate observed fluctuations in deforestation rates to dry-season intensity; second, we determine the effect of conversion of forest to cropland on evapotranspiration; and third, we simulate the subsequent downwind reductions in rainfall due to decreased atmospheric water input. We find large variability in the response of deforestation to dry-season intensity, with a significant but small average increase in deforestation rates with a more intense dry season: with every mm of water deficit, deforestation tends to increase by 0.13% per year. Deforestation, in turn, has caused an estimated 4% of the recent observed drying, with the south-western part of the Amazon being most strongly affected. Combining both effects, we quantify a reinforcing drought-deforestation feedback that is currently small, but becomes gradually stronger with cumulative deforestation. Our results suggest that global climate change, not deforestation, is the main driver of recent drying in the Amazon. However, a feedback between drought and deforestation implies that increases in either of them will impede efforts to curb both. |
英文关键词 | land use change remote sensing moisture recycling fire modeling forest clearing agriculture |
领域 | 气候变化 |
收录类别 | SCI-E |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000523508600001 |
WOS关键词 | LAND-USE ; CLIMATE-CHANGE ; BRAZILIAN AMAZONIA ; HYDROLOGICAL CYCLE ; SEASON LENGTH ; FOREST COVER ; DRY-SEASON ; FIRE ; RAINFALL ; FRAGMENTATION |
WOS类目 | Environmental Sciences ; Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences |
WOS研究方向 | Environmental Sciences & Ecology ; Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences |
引用统计 | |
文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/279289 |
专题 | 气候变化 |
作者单位 | 1.Stockholm Univ, Stockholm Resilience Ctr, Stockholm, Sweden; 2.Wageningen Univ, Aquat Ecol & Water Qual Management Grp, Wageningen, Netherlands; 3.Univ Estadual Campinas, Dept Plant Biol, Campinas, Brazil; 4.Natl Inst Space Res INPE, Ctr Earth Syst Sci, Sao Jose Dos Campos, Brazil; 5.Radboud Univ Nijmegen, Dept Environm Sci, Nijmegen, Netherlands; 6.Univ Utrecht, Copernicus Inst Sustainable Dev, Dept Environm Sci, Utrecht, Netherlands |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Staal, Arie,Flores, Bernardo M.,Aguiar, Ana Paula D.,et al. Feedback between drought and deforestation in the Amazon[J]. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS,2020,15(4). |
APA | Staal, Arie,Flores, Bernardo M.,Aguiar, Ana Paula D.,Bosmans, Joyce H. C.,Fetzer, Ingo,&Tuinenburg, Obbe A..(2020).Feedback between drought and deforestation in the Amazon.ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS,15(4). |
MLA | Staal, Arie,et al."Feedback between drought and deforestation in the Amazon".ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS 15.4(2020). |
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