Tropical Forests Vanishing 62% Faster; Deforestation Causing Sao Paulo Drought, Remains of Reservoirs

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Tropical forests may be vanishing even faster than previously thought. The rate of loss increased 62 percent from the 1990s to the 2000s, a new study finds.

Deforestation Causing São Paulo Drought. ‘The Amazon rainforest takes water from the trees, rivers and soil and turns it into clouds known as ‘flying rivers’, says Richard George, of Greenpeace UK. ‘These transport water vapour from the centre of Brazil to fall as rain on coastal areas. But as the forest has been destroyed, the flying rivers are disappearing.’

Sao Paulo’s severe drought: The remnants of reservoirs. Aerial photos illustrate the serious depletion of the giant city’s water supply, a result of the driest summer in 84 years.

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