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Carlos Nobre

Earth System Scientist, University of São Paulo, Brazil’s Institute of Advanced Studies

Expertise: Climate Science, Amazon rainforest

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More than 75 percent of the Amazon rainforest is losing resilience, as described by the Washington Post
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More than 75 percent of the rainforest is losing resilience; More than half of the rainforest could be converted into savanna in a matter of decades

SOURCE: Sarah Kaplan, Washington Post

Published: 15 Mar 2022

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