Human impacts outpace natural processes in the Amazon

• 成果类型: Review
• 署名作者: Albert, James S.; Carnaval, Ana C.; Flantua, Suzette G. A.; Lohmann, Lucia G.; Ribas, Camila C.; Riff, Douglas; Carrillo, Juan D.; Fan, Ying; Figueiredo, Jorge J. P.; Guayasamin, Juan M.; Hoorn, Carina; Melo, Gustavo H. de; Nascimento, Nathalia; Quesada, Carlos A.; Ulloa, Carmen Ulloa; Val, Pedro; Arieira, Julia; Encalada, Andrea C.; Nobre, Carlos A.
• 署名单位: University of Louisiana Lafayette; City University of New York (CUNY) System; City University of New York (CUNY) System; City University of New York (CUNY) Graduate School; Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research; University of Bergen; Universidade de Sao Paulo; Institute Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazonia; Universidade Federal de Uberlandia; Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics; University of Fribourg; Rutgers University System; Rutgers University New Brunswick; Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro; University of Amsterdam; Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto; Universidade de Sao Paulo; Institute Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazonia; Missouri Botanical Gardens; City University of New York (CUNY) System; Queens College NY (CUNY); City University of New York (CUNY) System; City University of New York (CUNY) Graduate School; Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto
• 刊物名称: SCIENCE
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0036-9711
• DOI: 10.1126/science.abo5003
• 发表日期: 2023-01-27
• 关键词: climate-change impacts; sea-level rise; soil-erosion; BRAZIL; rates; deforestation; biodiversity; temperature; acceleration; sensitivity

摘要

Amazonian environments are being degraded by modern industrial and agricultural activities at a pace far above anything previously known, imperiling its vast biodiversity reserves and globally important ecosystem services. The most substantial threats come from regional deforestation, because of export market demands, and global climate change. The Amazon is currently perched to transition rapidly from a largely forested to a nonforested landscape. These changes are happening much too rapidly for Amazonian species, peoples, and ecosystems to respond adaptively. Policies to prevent the worst outcomes are known and must be enacted immediately. We now need political will and leadership to act on this information. To fail the Amazon is to fail the biosphere, and we fail to act at our peril.