Deforestation and warming could push Amazon to tipping point by 2040s Study

Category : Global Warming | Location : International  | Posted on 2026-05-11 08:15:15


Deforestation and warming could push Amazon to tipping point by 2040s Study

Deforestation coupled with climate change is rapidly pushing the Amazon Rainforest toward a perilous tipping point that could come much sooner than previously thought. That’s the warning from a new paper, published in Nature, which determined that deforestation of 22-28% of the rainforest, combined with 1.5-1.9° Celsius (2.7-3.4° Fahrenheit) of global warming, could trigger a widespread transformation of the biome as early as the 2040s.

Source: https://news.mongabay.com/2026/05/deforestation-and-warming-could-push-amazon-to-tipping-point-by-2040s-study/