Record-breaking warming and extreme drought in the Amazon rainforest during the course of El Niño 2015–2016

C. Jiménez‐Muñoz, Juan; Mattar, Cristián; Barichivich, Jonathan; Santamaría-Artigas, A.; Takahashi, K.; Malhi, Yadvinder; A. Sobrino, José; van der Schrier, Gerard

doi:10.1038/srep33130

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Record-breaking warming and extreme drought in the Amazon rainforest during the course of El Niño 2015–2016

Published in Scientific Reports • Sep 8, 2016

Authors:

Juan C. Jiménez‐Muñoz

Cristián Mattar

Jonathan Barichivich

Abstract

The El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is the main driver of interannual climate extremes in Amazonia and other tropical regions. The current 2015/2016 EN event was expected to be as strong as the EN of the century in 1997/98, with extreme heat and drought over most of Amazonian rainforests. Here w...

Subject

Amazon rainforest

Rainforest

Geography

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