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Posted Mon Jan 21 2013: from NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory: Severe Climate Jeopardizing Amazon Forest, Study Finds http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1358791581 An area of the Amazon rainforest twice the size of California continues to suffer from the effects of a megadrought that began in 2005, finds a new NASA-led study. These results, together with observed recurrences of droughts every few years and associated damage to the forests in southern and western Amazonia in the past decade, suggest these rainforests may be showing the first signs of potential large-scale degradation due to climate change. [Read more stories about: anthropogenic change, drought, rain forest depletion] New!: No reader quips yet -- be the first! Got a PaniQuip? Your Quip (limit 140 characters, no links, just wit): First name: The text shown in the Web image to the right: We reserve the right to reuse, remove, or refuse any entry.

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