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To save Brazil’s rainforest, boost its science by Nobre, Carlos A.

“…My country’s government is squeezing research and pushing the rainforest to the brink. My country’s government is squeezing research and pushing the rainforest…”
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Land-use and climate change risks in the Amazon and the need of a novel sustainable development paradigm by Nobre, Carlos A., Sampaio, Gilvan, Borma, Laura S., Castilla-Rubio, Juan Carlos, Silva, José S., Cardoso, Manoel

“…For half a century, the process of economic integration of the Amazon has been based on intensive use of renewable and nonrenewable natural resources, which…”
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Amazonia as a carbon source linked to deforestation and climate change by Gatti, Luciana V., Basso, Luana S., Miller, John B., Gloor, Manuel, Gatti Domingues, Lucas, Cassol, Henrique L. G., Tejada, Graciela, Aragão, Luiz E. O. C., Nobre, Carlos, Peters, Wouter, Marani, Luciano, Arai, Egidio, Sanches, Alber H., Corrêa, Sergio M., Anderson, Liana, Von Randow, Celso, Correia, Caio S. C., Crispim, Stephane P., Neves, Raiane A. L.

“…Amazonia hosts the Earth’s largest tropical forests and has been shown to be an important carbon sink over recent decades 1 – 3 . This carbon sink seems to be…”
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Climate Change, Deforestation, and the Fate of the Amazon by Malhi, Yadvinder, Roberts, J. Timmons, Betts, Richard A, Killeen, Timothy J, Li, Wenhong, Nobre, Carlos A

“…The forest biome of Amazonia is one of Earth's greatest biological treasures and a major component of the Earth system. This century, it faces the dual threats…”
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When enough should be enough: Improving the use of current agricultural lands could meet production demands and spare natural habitats in Brazil by Strassburg, Bernardo B.N., Latawiec, Agnieszka E., Barioni, Luis G., Nobre, Carlos A., da Silva, Vanderley P., Valentim, Judson F., Vianna, Murilo, Assad, Eduardo D.

“…•Presents the first estimate of sustainable productivity of Brazil's pasturelands.•Current productivity of Brazilian cultivated pasturelands is 32–34% of…”
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Climate change consequences on the biome distribution in tropical South America by Salazar, Luis F., Nobre, Carlos A., Oyama, Marcos D.

“…We studied the consequences of projected climate change on biome distribution in South America in the 21st century by forcing a potential vegetation model with…”
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Deforestation triggering irreversible transition in Amazon hydrological cycle by Xu, Xiyan, Zhang, Xiaoyan, Riley, William J, Xue, Ying, Nobre, Carlos A, Lovejoy, Thomas E, Jia, Gensuo

“…Abstract The Amazon is hypothesized to reach an irreversible ‘tipping point’ when deforestation slows the hydrological cycle sufficiently that tropical forest…”
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Critical transitions in the Amazon forest system by Flores, Bernardo M., Montoya, Encarni, Sakschewski, Boris, Nascimento, Nathália, Staal, Arie, Betts, Richard A., Levis, Carolina, Lapola, David M., Esquível-Muelbert, Adriane, Jakovac, Catarina, Nobre, Carlos A., Oliveira, Rafael S., Borma, Laura S., Nian, Da, Boers, Niklas, Hecht, Susanna B., ter Steege, Hans, Arieira, Julia, Lucas, Isabella L., Berenguer, Erika, Marengo, José A., Gatti, Luciana V., Mattos, Caio R. C., Hirota, Marina

“…The possibility that the Amazon forest system could soon reach a tipping point, inducing large-scale collapse, has raised global concern 1 – 3 . For 65 million…”
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Human impacts outpace natural processes in the Amazon by Albert, James S, Carnaval, Ana C, Flantua, Suzette G A, Lohmann, Lúcia G, Ribas, Camila C, Riff, Douglas, Carrillo, Juan D, Fan, Ying, Figueiredo, Jorge J P, Guayasamin, Juan M, Hoorn, Carina, de Melo, Gustavo H, Nascimento, Nathália, Quesada, Carlos A, Ulloa Ulloa, Carmen, Val, Pedro, Arieira, Julia, Encalada, Andrea C, Nobre, Carlos A

“…Amazonian environments are being degraded by modern industrial and agricultural activities at a pace far above anything previously known, imperiling its vast…”
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The Drought of Amazonia in 2005 by Marengo, José A., Nobre, Carlos A., Tomasella, Javier, Oyama, Marcos D., de Oliveira, Gilvan Sampaio, de Oliveira, Rafael, Camargo, Helio, Alves, Lincoln M., Brown, I. Foster

“…In 2005, large sections of southwestern Amazonia experienced one of the most intense droughts of the last hundred years. The drought severely affected human…”
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Assessing drought in the drylands of northeast Brazil under regional warming exceeding 4 °C by Marengo, Jose A., Cunha, Ana Paula M. A., Nobre, Carlos A., Ribeiro Neto, Germano G., Magalhaes, Antonio R., Torres, Roger R., Sampaio, Gilvan, Alexandre, Felipe, Alves, Lincoln M., Cuartas, Luz A., Deusdará, Karinne R. L., Álvala, Regina C. S.

“…Historically, during periods of extreme drought, food security in the drylands of the semiarid region of Northeast Brazil (NEB) is under severe risk due to…”
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Pervasive transition of the Brazilian land-use system by Lapola, David M., Martinelli, Luiz A., Peres, Carlos A., Ometto, Jean P. H. B., Ferreira, Manuel E., Nobre, Carlos A., Aguiar, Ana Paula D., Bustamante, Mercedes M. C., Cardoso, Manoel F., Costa, Marcos H., Joly, Carlos A., Leite, Christiane C., Moutinho, Paulo, Sampaio, Gilvan, Strassburg, Bernardo B. N., Vieira, Ima C. G.

“…This Review considers the evolving relationship between land-use change and greenhouse gas emissions in Brazil. Despite the intensification of agriculture over…”
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Deforestation and climate change are projected to increase heat stress risk in the Brazilian Amazon by Alves de Oliveira, Beatriz Fátima, Bottino, Marcus J., Nobre, Paulo, Nobre, Carlos A.

“…Abstract Land use change and deforestation can influence local temperature and climate. Here we use a coupled ocean-atmosphere model to assess the impact of…”
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Increasing risk of Amazonian drought due to decreasing aerosol pollution by Collins, Matthew, Huntingford, Chris, Jones, Chris D, Marengo, José A, Harris, Phil P, Jupp, Tim E, Cox, Peter M, Nobre, Carlos A, Betts, Richard A

“…The Amazon rainforest plays a crucial role in the climate system, helping to drive atmospheric circulations in the tropics by absorbing energy and recycling…”
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Extreme climatic events in the Amazon basin: Climatological and hydrological context of recent floods by Marengo, Jose Antonio, Tomasella, Javier, Soares, Wagner R., Alves, Lincoln M., Nobre, Carlos A.

“…During 2009 the Amazon basin was hit by a heavy flooding with a magnitude and duration few times observed in several decades. Torrential rain in northern and…”
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Simulated resilience of tropical rainforests to CO2-induced climate change by Huntingford, Chris, Zelazowski, Przemyslaw, Galbraith, David, Mercado, Lina M., Sitch, Stephen, Fisher, Rosie, Lomas, Mark, Walker, Anthony P., Jones, Chris D., Booth, Ben B. B., Malhi, Yadvinder, Hemming, Debbie, Kay, Gillian, Good, Peter, Lewis, Simon L., Phillips, Oliver L., Atkin, Owen K., Lloyd, Jon, Gloor, Emanuel, Zaragoza-Castells, Joana, Meir, Patrick, Betts, Richard, Harris, Phil P., Nobre, Carlos, Marengo, Jose, Cox, Peter M.

“…Assessing potential future carbon loss from tropical forests is important for evaluating the efficacy of programmes for reducing emissions from deforestation…”
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Brazilian Scientific Mobility Program - Science without Borders - Preliminary Results and Perspectives by McManus, Concepta, Nobre, Carlos A

“…The Brazilian Scientific Mobility Program - Science without Borders (SwB) - saw the concession of over 101 thousand scholarships for Brazilian STEM students…”
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Regional climate change over eastern Amazonia caused by pasture and soybean cropland expansion by Sampaio, Gilvan, Nobre, Carlos, Costa, Marcos Heil, Satyamurty, Prakki, Soares-Filho, Britaldo Silveira, Cardoso, Manoel

“…Field observations and numerical studies revealed that large scale deforestation in Amazonia could alter the regional climate significantly, projecting a…”
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Exploring the range of climate biome projections for tropical South America: The role of CO2 fertilization and seasonality by Lapola, David M, Oyama, Marcos D, Nobre, Carlos A

“…Tropical South America vegetation cover projections for the end of the century differ considerably depending on climate scenario and also on how physiological…”
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AMOC decline and recovery in a warmer climate by Nobre, Paulo, Veiga, Sandro F., Giarolla, Emanuel, Marquez, André L., da Silva, Manoel B., Capistrano, Vinícius B., Malagutti, Marta, Fernandez, Julio P. R., Soares, Helena C., Bottino, Marcus J., Kubota, Paulo Y., Figueroa, Silvio N., Bonatti, José P., Sampaio, Gilvan, Casagrande, Fernanda, Costa, Mabel C., Nobre, Carlos A.

“…This study presents novel insight into the mechanisms of Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) reduction and its recovery under a warmer climate…”
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