Blog Post Image: If a tree falls in Brazil…? Amazon deforestation could mean droughts for western U.S.

Deforestation will likely produce dry air over the Amazon. The researchers’ model indicated that the surface temperature in the Amazon region would increase by up to 2 degrees Celsius (darkest green) over a 14-year period following deforestation. The region of Amazon deforestation is boxed. (Image by David Medvigy, Department of Geosciences)

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