Amazon drought caused huge carbon emissions

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. More frequent......

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