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The claim in the article is that the deforestation is approaching 20% of the original forest and that, once that number reaches 20-25%, the water cycle will be
by mac01021 7y ago
The claim in the article is that the deforestation is approaching 20% of the original forest and that, once that number reaches 20-25%, the water cycle will be disrupted in a way that will transform the majority of the remaining forest into savanna.
This is not a claim that I can confirm or refute using google maps.
- malandrew 7y agoDeforestation of 20-25% or more is not uncommon at smaller scales and I know of no such example where such an area transformed to savanna.
- truculent 7y agoSmaller scale transformation won’t interact with global complex systems like the water cycle in the same way. You can’t make that comparison.
- kingbirdy 7y agoDo you know of any examples where the forest that was de-forested 25% was the Amazon or another tropical rainforest? Obviously if a pine barren is deforested 25% it won't turn in to savannah.
- goldforever 7y agolol...20-25%, who actually knows...stop listening to these BS news sites!