REALITY CHECKS C I E NC E
B E H I N D T H E
HEADLINES
REVIEWREALITY CHECK
SCIENCE BEHIND THE HEADLINES
THE AMAZON RAINFOREST:
COULD IT BECOME A DESERT?
Fire consumed the outskirts of the Amazon rainforest in August. With mortality rates of tropical trees
increasing, we ask: could the ecosystem be tipped into a barren desert environment?ANALYSIS
Amazon rainforest | e hygiene hypothesis | Carbon o setting
REALITY CHECK
REVIEWREALITY CHECK
SCIENCE BEHIND THE HEADLINES
THE AMAZON RAINFOREST:
COULD IT BECOME A DESERT?
Fire consumed the outskirts of the Amazon rainforest in August. With mortality rates of tropical trees
increasing, we ask: could the ecosystem be tipped into a barren desert environment?
ANALYSIS
Amazon rainforest | e hygiene hypothesis | Carbon o setting