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Large scale tropical deforestation drives extreme warming

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Zeppetello, LRV; Luke's, LA; Spector, JT; Naylor, RL; Battisti, DS; Masuda, YJ; Wolff, NH
Published in: Environmental Research Letters
August 1, 2020

Accelerating deforestation rates in Earth's tropical rainforests have dramatic impacts on local public health, agricultural productivity, and global climate change. We used satellite observations to quantify the local temperature changes in deforested patches of rainforests across the tropics and found local warming larger than that predicted from more than a century of climate change under a worst-case emissions scenario. We show that the most extreme warming is typically found in large patches of deforestation; the combined effects of deforestation and climate change on tropical temperatures present a uniquely difficult challenge to the long term public health, occupational safety, and economic security of tropical populations.

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Environmental Research Letters

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1748-9326

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1748-9318

Publication Date

August 1, 2020

Volume

15

Issue

8

Related Subject Headings

  • Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences
 

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Zeppetello, L. R. V., Luke’s, L. A., Spector, J. T., Naylor, R. L., Battisti, D. S., Masuda, Y. J., & Wolff, N. H. (2020). Large scale tropical deforestation drives extreme warming. Environmental Research Letters, 15(8). https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ab96d2
Zeppetello, L. R. V., L. A. Luke’s, J. T. Spector, R. L. Naylor, D. S. Battisti, Y. J. Masuda, and N. H. Wolff. “Large scale tropical deforestation drives extreme warming.” Environmental Research Letters 15, no. 8 (August 1, 2020). https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ab96d2.
Zeppetello LRV, Luke’s LA, Spector JT, Naylor RL, Battisti DS, Masuda YJ, et al. Large scale tropical deforestation drives extreme warming. Environmental Research Letters. 2020 Aug 1;15(8).
Zeppetello, L. R. V., et al. “Large scale tropical deforestation drives extreme warming.” Environmental Research Letters, vol. 15, no. 8, Aug. 2020. Scopus, doi:10.1088/1748-9326/ab96d2.
Zeppetello LRV, Luke’s LA, Spector JT, Naylor RL, Battisti DS, Masuda YJ, Wolff NH. Large scale tropical deforestation drives extreme warming. Environmental Research Letters. 2020 Aug 1;15(8).
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Published In

Environmental Research Letters

DOI

EISSN

1748-9326

ISSN

1748-9318

Publication Date

August 1, 2020

Volume

15

Issue

8

Related Subject Headings

  • Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences