Deforestation and climate change are projected to increase heat stress risk in the Brazilian Amazon

Beatriz Fátima Alves de Oliveira; Marcus J. Bottino; Paulo Nobre; Carlos A. Nobre

doi:10.1038/s43247-021-00275-8

Communications Earth & Environment (Oct 2021)

Deforestation and climate change are projected to increase heat stress risk in the Brazilian Amazon

Beatriz Fátima Alves de Oliveira,
Marcus J. Bottino,
Paulo Nobre,
Carlos A. Nobre

Affiliations

Beatriz Fátima Alves de Oliveira: Fiocruz Regional Office of Piauí, National School of Public Health, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation
Marcus J. Bottino: National Institute for Space Research - INPE
Paulo Nobre: National Institute for Space Research - INPE
Carlos A. Nobre: Institute of Advanced Studies (IEA), São Paulo University, São Paulo

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-021-00275-8
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Complete savannization of the Amazon Basin would enhance the effects of climate change on local heat exposure and pose a risk to human health, according to climate model projections.

Published in Communications Earth & Environment

ISSN: 2662-4435 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science: Geology; Geography. Anthropology. Recreation: Environmental sciences
Website: https://www.nature.com/commsenv/

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