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Amazon Carbon Sink Weakens as Droughts Amplify Emissions

Fifteen years of atmospheric CO2 measurements reveal that fires, deforestation and climate stress are driving increasingly high carbon emissions in the region.

2 publishers · 2 articles · first seen 21 Oct 2026 · updated 2h ago

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2 publishers have covered this in 2 articles since 21 Oct 2026. Nature published first, on 21 October at 00:00 UTC; Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories followed 41h 00m later. The most recent article, from Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories, appeared on 22 October at 17:00 UTC.

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  1. Amazon carbon emissions driven by human actions amplified by droughts Nature ·
  2. Wildfires cause Amazon to emit 1.17 billion more metric tons of CO₂ than it absorbs Phys.org - latest science and technology news stories

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