2010 Amazon drought released more carbon than India's annual emissions mongabay.com

Les chutes d'Iguaçu, lors de la sécheresse de 2009 © CHRISTIAN RIZZI / AFP


11/10/2011 5:09 pm

The 2010 drought that affected much of the Amazon rainforest triggered the release of nearly 500 million tons of carbon (1.8 billion tons of carbon dioxide) into the atmosphere, or more than the total emissions from deforestation in the region over the period, estimates a new study published in the journal Environmental Research Letters.

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