Approximately 2.5× 106 square kilometers of the Amazon forest are currently degraded by
fire, edge effects, timber extraction, and/or extreme drought, representing 38% of all …

As the largest river basin on Earth, the Amazon is of major importance to the world's climate
and water resources. Over the past decades, advances in satellite‐based remote sensing …

Tropical forests play a critical role in the hydrological cycle and can influence local and
regional precipitation. Previous work has assessed the impacts of tropical deforestation on …

Abstract The Brazilian Cerrado is one of the most biodiverse savannas in the world, yet 46%
of its original cover has been cleared to make way for crops and pastures. These extensive …

The Amazon forest carbon sink is declining, mainly as a result of land-use and climate
change,,–. Here we investigate how changes in law enforcement of environmental …

Biophysical effects from deforestation have the potential to amplify carbon losses but are
often neglected in carbon accounting systems. Here we use both Earth system model …

Several large-scale drivers of both anthropogenic and natural environmental changes are
interacting nonlinearly in the transition zone between eastern Amazonia and the adjacent …

Tipping elements are components of the Earth system which may respond nonlinearly to
anthropogenic climate change by transitioning toward substantially different long‐term …

An ecosystem is healthy if it is active, maintains its organization and autonomy over time,
and is resilient to stress. Healthy ecosystems provide human well‐being via ecosystem …

Fake controversies have influenced policy making on health and environmental issues for
decades, resulting in major implementation setbacks worldwide. As a case study, in this …