Hammered by climate change and relentless deforestation, the Amazon rainforest is losing its capacity to recover and could irretrievably transition into savannah, with dire consequences for the region and the world, according to a study published Mon
Researchers warned that the results mean the Amazon could be approaching a so-called"tipping point" faster than previously understood.
This has declined across more than three-quarters of the Amazon basin, home to half the world's rainforest, theyIn areas hit hardest by destruction or drought, the forest's ability to bounce back was reduced by approximately half, co-author Tim Lenton, director of the University of Exeter's Global Systems Institute, told AFP.
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