PIK_climate, 
The South American #monsoon, which determines the #climate of much of the continent, might be pushed towards a “critical destabilisation point”, finds new study with PIK scientist Niklas Boers. This could put the #Amazon #rainforest at risk of large-scale dieback, which would in turn lead to substantial additional global warming due to additional release of greenhouse gases from the degrading trees.
https://www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/latest-news/a-destabilizing-link-amazon-rainforest-degradation-and-deforestation-endanger-the-south-american-monsoon-1?set_language=en
