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Arie Staal
Researcher, Utrecht University
Expertise: Tropical forest, Resilience, Tipping points
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CLAIMS REVIEWED
Climate change can make it harder for the Amazon rainforest to grow back from deforestation, but that does not mean 40% of it will now turn into a savanna
CLAIM
“Amazon near tipping point of switching from rainforest to savannah”
SOURCE: Fiona Harvey, The Guardian
Published: 14 Oct 2020
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