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"The Amazon is nearly 20 per cent deforested, which may be close to a tipping point in terms of its ability to maintain itself and the climate system and rains that it helps to create," says Thomas Lovejoy, a pioneer in Amazon biodiversity studies, currently at George Mason University. 
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The impact of global warming on the Arctic poles is well documented and easy to see. But scientists are just now beginning to understand the impact of
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A must read..."What happens in the tropics determines what happens to the earth’s biodiversity … We are on a tropical planet. We just don’t realize it because so many of us live in the colder latitudes." - Yadvinder Mahli
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September 22, 2013 8:32 PM
A must read..."What happens in the tropics determines what happens to the earth’s biodiversity … We are on a tropical planet. We just don’t realize it because so many of us live in the colder latitudes." - Yadvinder Mahli |
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When it comes to climate change, we live on a tropical planet, we just don’t realize it Finally, it seems, the world’s warmer climates – so often overlooked when it comes to the impact of climate change – shared the spotlight in a high-profile...
The Morpho Institute's insight:
Most climate change news focuses on the poles...but what is happening in the Tropics is equally important
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