Decades of deforestation and climate change have led to the southeastern Amazon becoming a carbon source region. Now, research shows that this carbon source region still sustains its own biomass production, but further degradation would decrease moisture recycling and amplify carbon losses to the atmosphere.
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Pires, G.F. The forest is not yet lost. Nat. Clim. Chang. 13, 606–607 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-023-01707-3
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