Climate change could lower Amazon forest cover by 50%: Study
Negative synergies between deforestation, climate change, and use of fire indicate a "tipping point" for the Amazon rainforests to flip to non-forest ecosystems if the deforested area increases by over 20%, according to a research in the journal Science. There's a risk that more than 50% of the Amazon becomes a "degraded plain" due to continuing global warming, scientists feared.