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Drought stalls tree growth and shuts down Amazon carbon sink, researchers find [1]

A recent drought completely shut down the Amazon Basin's carbon sink, by killing trees and slowing their growth, a ground-breaking study led by researchers at the Universities of Exeter and Leeds h

Publication Date: 
08/07/2016
Science Daily [2]
Tags:
Forests [3], Droughts [4], Carbon Sinks [5], Climate Change [6], Amazon [7], Carbon Dioxide [8], Trees [9]

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[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/droughts
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[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/climate-change
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/amazon
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/carbon-dioxide
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/trees