Severe Amazon Rainforest Droughts Due To Climate Change, Says NASA
Nasa says an area in the Amazon rainforest, twice the size of California, is experiencing a “megadrought,” caused by climate change.
At left, the extent of the 2005 megadrought in the western Amazon rainforests during the summer months of June, July and August as measured by NASA satellites. The most impacted areas are shown in shades of red and yellow. The circled area in the right panel shows the extent o… Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/GSFC
The Amazon has been hit hard with droughts. The first drought hit in 2005. The rainforest was still recovering when …
