Tropical ecosystems have the highest levels of biodiversity, cycle more water and absorb
more carbon than any other terrestrial ecosystem on Earth. Consequently, these ecosystems …

This paper shows recent progress in our understanding of climate variability and trends in
the Amazon region, and how these interact with land use change. The review includes an …

Reduced rainfall increases the risk of forest dieback, while in return forest loss might
intensify regional droughts. The consequences of this vegetation–atmosphere feedback for …

Tree transpiration in the Amazon may enhance rainfall for downwind forests. Until now it has
been unclear how this cascading effect plays out across the basin. Here, we calculate local …

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 …

Tip** elements are components of the Earth system which may respond nonlinearly to
anthropogenic climate change by transitioning toward substantially different long‐term …

Historically, conservation‐oriented research and policy in Brazil have focused on Amazon
deforestation, but a majority of Brazil's deforestation and agricultural expansion has …

Soil moisture is a key variable of the climate system. It constrains plant transpiration and
photosynthesis in several regions of the world, with consequent impacts on the water …

We synthesize findings from one of the world's largest and longest‐running experimental
investigations, the B iological D ynamics of F orest F ragments P roject (BDFFP). Spanning …

Reconstructing the history of tropical hydroclimates has been difficult, particularly for the
Amazon basin—one of Earth's major centres of deep atmospheric convection,. For example …