New Study Shows Risks of Amazon Deforestation. And Rewards of Protection. | Researchers examined the combined effects of tree loss and global warming in an effort to better understand how and when an ecosystem collapse could unfold.
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New Study Shows Risks of Amazon Deforestation. And Rewards of Protection. | Researchers examined the combined effects of tree loss and global warming in an effort to better understand how and when an ecosystem collapse could unfold.
Source: silence7
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[In particular, the study says:](https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10456-0)
> when considering deforestation, we find a near system-wide transition of the Amazon forest (62−77% of the area) under the combination of a lower threshold range of global warming of 1.5–1.9 °C and deforestation of 22–28%
[The press-release is rather a bit clearer about it than the NYT](https://www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/latest-news/deforestation-lowers-threshold-for-amazon-degradation-to-below-2degc-warming)
> Around two-thirds of the Amazon rainforest could shift into degraded forest or savannah-like ecosystems at 1.5-1.9°C of global warming if deforestation increases to roughly 22-28 percent of the Amazon