Amazon Rainforest sustains rain

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Muted Amazon Rainfall Response

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Modeling study suggests Amazon rainforest is more resilient than assumed

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Previous studies warned that the Amazon was moving towards a tipping point, beyond which the forest would lose the ability to sustain itself and thus turn into a savannah.

But new research suggests that this might not be the case.

Scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology (MPI-M) used the global storm-resolving ICON model to overcome limitations.

They ran a global simulation for the atmosphere with a horizontal resolution of five kilometers .

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