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Amazon drought caused huge carbon emissions
Posted by Reuters: Stuart Grudgings on February 4th, 2011
Reuters: Amazon drought caused huge carbon emissions -study
* 2010 drought released more emissions than 2005 dry spell
* Frequent droughts may turn forest into emissions source
* Droughts fit some models of drier Amazon this century
A widespread drought in the Amazon rain forest last year was worse than the "once-in-a-century" dry spell in 2005 and may have a bigger impact on global warming than the United States does in a year, British and Brazilian scientists said on Thursday.
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