21st Century drought-related fires counteract the decline of Amazon deforestation carbon emissions

oleh: Luiz E. O. C. Aragão, Liana O. Anderson, Marisa G. Fonseca, Thais M. Rosan, Laura B. Vedovato, Fabien H. Wagner, Camila V. J. Silva, Celso H. L. Silva Junior, Egidio Arai, Ana P. Aguiar, Jos Barlow, Erika Berenguer, Merritt N. Deeter, Lucas G. Domingues, Luciana Gatti, Manuel Gloor, Yadvinder Malhi, Jose A. Marengo, John B. Miller, Oliver L. Phillips, Sassan Saatchi

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2018-02-01

Deskripsi

Deforestation carbon emissions from the Brazilian Amazon have declined steeply, but how much drought-induced forest fire emissions add to this process is still unclear. Here the authors show that gross emissions from forest fires are more than half as great as those from deforestation during drought years.