Large scale tropical deforestation drives extreme warming
Large scale tropical deforestation drives extreme warming
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DOI：
10.1088/1748-9326/ab96d2
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发表时间：
2020-07
影响因子：
6.7
通讯作者：
L. V. Vargas Zeppetello;L. Parsons;J. Spector;R. Naylor;D. Battisti;Y. Masuda;N. Wolff
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作者：
L. V. Vargas Zeppetello;L. Parsons;J. Spector;R. Naylor;D. Battisti;Y. Masuda;N. Wolff
地球热带雨林的森林砍伐速度加快，对当地的公共卫生、农业生产力和全球气候变化产生了巨大影响。我们使用卫星观测来量化热带雨林中被砍伐的局部温度变化，发现局部变暖大于最坏情况下世纪气候变化的预测。我们表明，最极端的变暖通常是在大片的森林砍伐中发现的;森林砍伐和气候变化对热带温度的综合影响对热带人口的长期公共健康，职业安全和经济安全提出了独特的挑战。
Accelerating deforestation rates in Earth’s tropical rainforests have dramatic impacts on local public health, agricultural productivity, and global climate change. We used satellite observations to quantify the local temperature changes in deforested patches of rainforests across the tropics and found local warming larger than that predicted from more than a century of climate change under a worst-case emissions scenario. We show that the most extreme warming is typically found in large patches of deforestation; the combined effects of deforestation and climate change on tropical temperatures present a uniquely difficult challenge to the long term public health, occupational safety, and economic security of tropical populations.