Global warming may destroy 85% of the Amazon, British study suggests
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British scientists had on Tuesday (10) a study which found that 85% of the Amazon forest could disappear if the temperature of the planet up 4 degrees centigrade. The information was published by British newspapers as sites of "The Times" and "The Guardian".
In the case of an increase of only 2 degrees - an increase that is considered inevitable for much of the scientific community even in this century - 40% of the Amazon to disappear, the researchers calculated the Hadley Center of the Bureau of Meteorology in the United Kingdom, one of major research institutions in the country's climate change.
In the case of an increase of 3 degrees, due to drought could destroy 75% of the world's largest tropical forest. The forecast is based on models developed by computer. The main novelty, reports the British press, is that the models suggest that the forest suffers the consequences of global warming in a slower than previously thought - may take up to a century that a temperature increase of destroying a piece of vegetation.
"An increase in temperature of 1 degree above already implies future losses in the Amazon forest. Even the commonly cited target of 2 degrees already committed between 20% and 40% loss. On any scale of time, should have the loss of forest in Amazonia as irreversible, "said Chris Jones, the second note of the" Guardian ". The study was presented at a conference on global warming in Copenhagen, Denmark. (Source: G1)
Source: Environment Australia
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