Wang, Zhihao; Li, Zhili; Xie, Yiqun; Souza Jr, Carlos; Pinheiro, Stefany. https://isprs-archives.copernicus.org/articles/XLVIII-3-2024/583/2024/ Abstract Forests play an important role in the Earth systems for carbon sequestration and climate change mitigation, yet they have been increasingly disturbed by deforestation and forest degradation at an unprecedented pace. The Brazilian Amazon, for instance, experienced a 140% rise in deforestation

Filho, Jailson S. de Souza; Damasceno, Camila; Cardoso, Dalton R. Ruy Secco; Souza Jr, Carlos. https://isprs-archives.copernicus.org/articles/XLVIII-3-2024/121/2024/ Abstract The Amazon forest, the largest tropical forest in the world and marked by its rapid change in forest cover, has suffered from intense anthropogenic phenomena such as deforestation and forest degradation, this one caused mainly by fires and selective

Veríssimo, Beto; Assunção, Juliano; Lima, Manuele. As Cinco Amazônias, 2024. https://ssir.com.br/edicao-especial-amazonia Resumo Território de mais de 8 milhões de km² espalhados por nove países e com 35 milhões de habitantes, a maior floresta tropical do mundo demanda lentes específicas para suas complexidades. Diferenças expressivas em termos sociais, econômicos, naturais e geográficos marcam os 772 municípios

Souza Jr, Carlos M; Marengo, José; Ferreira, Bruno; Ribeiro, Júlia; Schirmbeck, Lucimara W; Schirmbeck, Juliano; Hirye, Mayumi; Cunha, Ana; Wiederhecker, Helga C; Latuf, Marcelo O. Amazon severe drought in 2023 triggered surface water loss. Environmental Research Climate, 2024. https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/2752-5295/ad7c71 Abstract The Amazon underwent a severe austral springtime drought attributed to the onset of El Nino