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In a pristine corner of the Amazon, Brazilian and British scientists have spent more than two decades simulating drought to understand how the rainforest might respond to a drier future. The Esecaflor experiment, launched in 2000, used plastic panels to block about half the rainfall over a one-hectare plot…
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What would happen if the Amazon rainforest dried out? This decades-long experiment has some answers
By FABIANO MAISONNAVE Associated Press
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In a pristine corner of the Amazon, Brazilian and British scientists have spent more than two decades simulating drought to understand how the rainforest might respond to a drier future. The Esecaflor experiment, launched in 2000, used plastic panels to block about half the rainfall over a one-hectare plot…
