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ArticleNature communications2025

Human influence on Amazon's aboveground carbon dynamics intensified over the last decade.

Arthur Fendrich, Yu Feng, Jean-Pierre Wigneron, Jerôme Chave, Arnan Araza, Zheyuan Li, Martin Herold, Jean Ometto, Luiz E O C Aragão, Isabel Martinez Cano and 3 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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13 authors.

Arthur FendrichLaboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement, UMR 1572 CEA-CNRS-UVSQ, Gif-sur-Yvette, France. arthur.fendrich@lsce.ipsl.fr.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7436-5657
Yu FengLaboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement, UMR 1572 CEA-CNRS-UVSQ, Gif-sur-Yvette, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6433-5035
Jean-Pierre WigneronINRAE, Bordeaux Sciences Agro, UMR 1391 ISPA, Villenave-d'Ornon, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5345-3618
Jerôme ChaveCentre de Recherche Biodiversite Environnement, CNRS, IRD, UPS, INPT, Toulouse, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7766-1347
Arnan ArazaEarth Systems and Global Change, Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3906-221X
Zheyuan LiSchool of Mathematics and Statistics, Henan University, Kaifeng, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7434-5947
Martin HeroldInstitute for Environmental Science and Geography, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany.
Jean OmettoImpact, Adaptation and Vulnerability Division, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais, São José dos Campos, Brazil.
Luiz E O C AragãoEarth Observation and Geoinformatics Division, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais, São José dos Campos, Brazil.
Isabel Martinez CanoLaboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement, UMR 1572 CEA-CNRS-UVSQ, Gif-sur-Yvette, France.
Lei ZhuLaboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement, UMR 1572 CEA-CNRS-UVSQ, Gif-sur-Yvette, France.
Yidi XuLaboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement, UMR 1572 CEA-CNRS-UVSQ, Gif-sur-Yvette, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1528-4256
Philippe CiaisLaboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement, UMR 1572 CEA-CNRS-UVSQ, Gif-sur-Yvette, France.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8560-4943

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Amazon rainforest is crucial for the global carbon cycle, yet annual changes in its aboveground biomass carbon (AGC) stock remain highly uncertain. Natural and local anthropogenic drivers such as deforestation, forest degradation, and regrowth following deforestation interact with large-scale climate variability to determine AGC dynamics. Here, we propose an approach to disaggregate low-frequency passive L-band microwave data over 2010-2020 and reconstruct maps of annual change. We show that the Amazon lost -0.37 ± 0.17 PgC, with gains by undisturbed (0.33 ± 0.13 PgC) and secondary forest growth (0.33 ± 0.05 PgC) outweighed by losses by deforestation (-0.55 ± 0.04 PgC), degradation (-0.42 ± 0.08 PgC), and agricultural areas (-0.06 ± 0.03 PgC). Losses in human-influenced land intensified over time and amounted to 60% of all gross losses in El Niño years. Our study reinforces the need for stronger implementation of policies and effective actions to control forest degradation.

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CarbonCarbon CycleRainforestAgricultureBiomassBrazilClimate ChangeConservation of Natural ResourcesForestsHumansTreesCarbon

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