Could the Amazon Rainforest Collapse?

The Amazon Rainforest is a unique ecosystem on our planet - providing home to incredible wildlife and hundreds of indigenous native communities. But the rainforest is under threat - whether from the catastrophe of climate change or the devastation of deforestation. And as the climate continues to change, scientists are increasingly concerned that the rainforest could pass a tipping point. Now, breakthrough research shows us not only how at risk the Amazon is, but how fighting to save the rainforest would also boost the local economy. So, which future will we choose for the Amazon Rainforest?

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==MORE INFO==

Critical transitions study:
https://www.nature.com/articles/s4158...
Carbon Brief write up: https://www.carbonbrief.org/unprecede...
Tipping point of South American Monsoon
https://www.nature.com/articles/srep4...
New Economy for Brazilian Amazon
https://www.wri.org/research/new-econ...
Amazon’s 2013 drought: https://www.worldweatherattribution.o...
Amazon land lost
https://www.worldwildlife.org/stories...
Shift to a carbon sink: https://www.nature.com/articles/s4158...

==CREDITS==

Power plant demolition from Port of San Diego
Amazon worker footage from Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)
Climate change maps from NASA
Indigenous protesters from The Rutendo News
Rain satellite imagery from Carlos Guerrero / NOAA
Eco farming video from World Economic Forum and Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)
Waorani people from UN Human Rights