Large-scale commodity agriculture exacerbates the climatic impacts of Amazonian deforestation.

ABSTRACT: In the Amazon rainforest, land use following deforestation is diverse and dynamic. Mounting evidence indicates that the climatic impacts of forest loss can also vary considerably, depending on specific features of the affected areas. The size of the deforested patches, for instance, was shown to modulate the characteristics of local climatic impacts. Nonetheless, the influence of different types of land use and management strategies on the magnitude of local climatic changes remains uncertain. Here, we evaluated the impacts of large-scale commodity farming and rural settlements on surface temperature, rainfall patterns, and energy fluxes. Our results reveal that changes in land-atmosphere coupling are induced not only by deforestation size but also, by land use type and management patterns

SUBMITTER: Maeda EE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7896336 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature