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Assessment of the Risk of Amazon Dieback

The Amazon basin is a key component of the global carbon cycle. The old-growth rainforests in the basin represent storage of ~ 120 petagrams of carbon (Pg C) in their biomass. Annually, these tropical forests process approximately 18 Pg C through r...

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Main Authors: Vergara, Walter, Scholz, Sebastian M.
Language:English
Published: World Bank 2012
Subjects:
ABOVEGROUND VEGETATION
AEROSOLS
AIR
AIR TEMPERATURE
AMAZON DEFORESTATION
AMAZON FOREST
AMAZON RAINFOREST
AMAZONIAN FOREST
AMAZONIAN RAINFALL
ANNUAL PRECIPITATION
ATMOSPHERE
ATMOSPHERE-OCEAN GENERAL CIRCULATION
ATMOSPHEREOCEAN GENERAL CIRCULATION
ATMOSPHERIC CARBON
ATMOSPHERIC CARBON DIOXIDE
ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH
BIOCLIMATIC LIMITS
BIOMASS CARBON
BIOMASS DENSITY
BIOSPHERE
CARBON
CARBON CHANGE
CARBON CONTENT
CARBON DIOXIDE LEVELS
CARBON EMISSION
CARBON EMISSIONS
CARBON SINK
CARBON STARVATION
CENTURY TEMPERATURE
CLEAN ENERGY
CLIMATE
CLIMATE CHANGE
CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION
CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS
CLIMATE CHANGE PROJECTIONS
CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOS
CLIMATE CHANGES
CLIMATE CONDITIONS
CLIMATE EQUILIBRIUM
CLIMATE EXTREMES
CLIMATE FEEDBACKS
CLIMATE FORCING
CLIMATE IMPACT
CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH
CLIMATE IMPACTS
CLIMATE MODEL
CLIMATE MODELS
CLIMATE POLICIES
CLIMATE PREDICTION
CLIMATE RESEARCH
CLIMATE RESEARCH UNIT
CLIMATE SCENARIO
CLIMATE SCENARIOS
CLIMATE SCIENCE
CLIMATE SIMULATION
CLIMATE SIMULATIONS
CLIMATE TRENDS
CLIMATE-VEGETATION MODEL
CLIMATIC CHANGES
CLIMATIC CONDITIONS
CLIMATIC FACTORS
CLIMATIC RESEARCH
CLIMATIC VARIABLE
CLIMATOLOGY
CLOUD COVER
CLOUDS
CO2
COLORS
CONVECTIVE PRECIPITATION
CONVERGENCE
CRU
DEFORESTATION
DEFORESTATION SCENARIOS
DROUGHT
DRY FORESTS
DRY SEASON
DYNAMIC GLOBAL VEGETATION MODEL
ECOSYSTEM
ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE
ECOSYSTEM RESPONSES
ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE
EMISSION
EMISSION SCENARIO
EMISSION SCENARIOS
EMISSION TRAJECTORIES
EMISSIONS
EMISSIONS FROM SOILS
EMISSIONS SCENARIOS
ENDEMIC SPECIES
ENERGY EFFICIENCY
ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS
ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMIST
EVAPORATION
EVAPOTRANSPIRATION
EXTREME DRY
EXTREME EVENTS
EXTREME PRECIPITATION
EXTREME PRECIPITATION EVENTS
EXTREME WEATHER
EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS
FERTILIZATION
FLOODS
FOREST
FOREST BIOMASS
FOREST BIOMASS ESTIMATE
FOREST CARBON
FOREST CONSERVATION
FOREST COVER
FOREST DEGRADATION
FOREST DIEBACK
FOREST ECOSYSTEMS
FOREST GROWTH
FOREST MICROCLIMATOLOGY
FOREST STANDS
FOREST STRUCTURE
FOREST TYPES
FORESTS
FOSSIL FUEL
FOSSIL FUEL EMISSIONS
FOSSIL FUELS
GCM
GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL
GHG
GHGS
GLOBAL AVERAGE SURFACE WARMING
GLOBAL BIODIVERSITY
GLOBAL CARBON CYCLE
GLOBAL CLIMATE
GLOBAL EMISSION
GLOBAL EMISSIONS
GLOBAL GREENHOUSE GAS
GLOBAL GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION
GLOBAL PRECIPITATION
GLOBAL PRECIPITATION CLIMATOLOGY
GLOBAL SCALE
GLOBAL VEGETATION
GLOBAL WARMING
GREENHOUSE
GREENHOUSE GASES
HYDROLOGICAL CHANGES
HYDROLOGY
ICE
IMPACT OF CLIMATE
IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE
INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE
INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE POLICY
INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE
IPCC
ITCZ
LAND SURFACE
LAND USE
LAND USE CHANGE
LAND USE CHANGES
LIGHTNING
LOSS OF VEGETATION
MEAN RAINFALL
METEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH
METHANE
NITROGEN
OCEANS
PHOTOSYNTHESIS
PLANT GROWTH
PRECIPITATION
RADIATIVE FORCING
RAIN
RAINFALL
RAINFALL ANOMALIES
RAINFALL DISTRIBUTIONS
RAINFALL REDUCTION
RAINFALL TREND
RAINFALL VARIABILITY
RENEWABLE ENERGY
RESPONSE TO CLIMATE CHANGE
SCIENTISTS
SEA LEVEL RISE
SEASON
SEASONAL RAINFALL
SULPHATE
SURFACE MODEL
SURFACE PRESSURE
SURFACE RUNOFF
SURFACE TEMPERATURE
SURFACE TEMPERATURE ANOMALIES
SURFACE TEMPERATURE CHANGE
SURFACE TEMPERATURES
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
TEMPERATE FORESTS
TEMPERATURE ANOMALIES
TEMPERATURE ANOMALY
TEMPERATURE CHANGE
TEMPERATURE CHANGES
TEMPERATURE INCREASE
TEMPERATURE INDEXES
TREE SPECIES
TROPICAL BROADLEAF EVERGREEN
TROPICAL FOREST
TROPICAL FOREST BIOMASS
TROPICAL FORESTS
TROPICS
URBAN AREAS
VEGETATION CARBON
VEGETATION CHANGE
VEGETATION DYNAMICS
VEGETATION GROWTH
WATER CYCLE
WEATHER FORECASTING
WEATHER PREDICTION
WET SEASON
WIND
WOODLAND
Online Access:http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000333037_20101124000244
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/2531

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