[Terrapreta] Does the amazon need some smoky Charcoal fires? :)

[Michael Bailes]

Amazon Under Threat From Cleaner Air

ScienceDaily (May 8, 2008) — The Amazon rainforest, so crucial to the
Earth's climate system, is coming under threat from cleaner air say
prominent UK and Brazilian climate scientists in the journal Nature.
. . .

Co-Author Dr Carlos Nobre of the Brazilian Institute for Space Research
adds: "Global warming, deforestation and increased forest fires are all
acting in synergy to reduce the resilience of the Amazonian forests."
Sulphate aerosol particles arising from the burning of coal in power
stations in the 1970s and 1980s have partially reduced global warming by
reflecting sunlight and making clouds brighter. This pollution has been
predominantly in the northern hemisphere and has acted to limit warming in
the tropical north Atlantic, keeping the Amazon wetter than it would
otherwise be
FROM:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080507133259.htm
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