Tropical rainforests are becoming less resistant to drought

In a study published on 5 September 2022 in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, a group coordinated by researchers from the Evolution and Biological Diversity laboratory (EDB - CNRS/University of Toulouse III Paul Sabatier/IRD) and also involving researchers from INRAE, CEA and the Gustave Eiffel University, sheds new light on the response of tropical forests to repeated drought events over several decades.

This article is a share of the INEE CNRS publication : https://www.inee.cnrs.fr/fr/cnrsinfo/les-forets-tropicales-humides-deviennent-moins-resistantes-la-secheresse

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See also

Increasing and widespread vulnerability of intact tropical forests to repeated droughts.
Shengli Tao, Jérôme Chave, Pierre-Louis Frison, Thuy Le Toan, Philippe Ciais, Jingyun Fang, Jean-Pierre Wigneron, Hui Yang, Yiaojun Li, Nicolas Labrière, Sassan Saatchi. PNAS, le 5 septembre 2022.

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