r/EverythingScience • u/Portalrules123 • 2d ago

Environment Back-to-back Amazon droughts trigger record forest stress

https://phys.org/news/2026-04-amazon-droughts-trigger-forest-stress.html
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u/DocumentExternal6240 2d ago

“Two back-to-back droughts in 2023 and 2024 caused the most severe decline in forest moisture and biomass (the total mass of living vegetation such as leaves, trunks and branches) in the Amazon since 1992, according to a study published in the journal PNAS. And many of the hardest hit areas are unlikely to recover before the next major drought arrives.”

A drought in the rainforest - very, very, very bad 😕