Amazon hydrology from space: scientific advances and future challenges

AC Fassoni‐Andrade, AS Fleischmann… - Reviews of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
As the largest river basin on Earth, the Amazon is of major importance to the world's climate
and water resources. Over the past decades, advances in satellite‐based remote sensing …

Global projections of flash drought show increased risk in a warming climate

JI Christian, ER Martin, JB Basara, JC Furtado… - … Earth & Environment, 2023 - nature.com
Flash drought, characterized by unusually rapid drying, can have substantial impact on
many socioeconomic sectors, particularly agriculture. However, potential changes to flash …

Slowing Amazon deforestation through public policy and interventions in beef and soy supply chains

D Nepstad, D McGrath, C Stickler, A Alencar… - science, 2014 - science.org
The recent 70% decline in deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon suggests that it is possible
to manage the advance of a vast agricultural frontier. Enforcement of laws, interventions in …

Global river hydrography and network routing: baseline data and new approaches to study the world's large river systems

B Lehner, G Grill - Hydrological Processes, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Despite significant recent advancements, global hydrological models and their input
databases still show limited capabilities in supporting many spatially detailed research …

The Amazon basin in transition

EA Davidson, AC de Araújo, P Artaxo, JK Balch… - Nature, 2012 - nature.com
Agricultural expansion and climate variability have become important agents of disturbance
in the Amazon basin. Recent studies have demonstrated considerable resilience of …

Sacred groves, sacrifice zones and soy production: globalization, intensification and neo-nature in South America

G de LT Oliveira, SB Hecht - Soy, Globalization, and …, 2017 - taylorfrancis.com
Soy has become one of the world's most important agroindustrial commodities–serving as
the nexus for the production of food, animal feed, fuel and hundreds of industrial products …

Conservation of migratory fishes in the Amazon basin

F Duponchelle, VJ Isaac… - Aquatic …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The Amazon basin hosts the Earth's highest diversity of freshwater fish. Fish species have
adapted to the basin's size and seasonal dynamics by displaying a broad range of migratory …

The vulnerability of Amazon freshwater ecosystems

L Castello, DG McGrath, LL Hess, MT Coe… - Conservation …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
The hydrological connectivity of freshwater ecosystems in the Amazon basin makes them
highly sensitive to a broad range of anthropogenic activities occurring in aquatic and …

Effects of Amazon basin deforestation on regional atmospheric circulation and water vapor transport towards tropical South America

M Ruiz-Vásquez, PA Arias, JA Martínez, JC Espinoza - Climate Dynamics, 2020 - Springer
The water cycle over the Amazon basin is a regulatory mechanism for regional and global
climate. The atmospheric moisture evaporated from this basin represents an important …