21st Century drought-related fires counteract the decline of Amazon deforestation carbon emissions

• Published in: Nature communications Vol. 9; no. 1; pp. 536 - 12
• Main Authors: Aragão, Luiz E. O. C., Anderson, Liana O., Fonseca, Marisa G., Rosan, Thais M., Vedovato, Laura B., Wagner, Fabien H., Silva, Camila V. J., Silva Junior, Celso H. L., Arai, Egidio, Aguiar, Ana P., Barlow, Jos, Berenguer, Erika, Deeter, Merritt N., Domingues, Lucas G., Gatti, Luciana, Gloor, Manuel, Malhi, Yadvinder, Marengo, Jose A., Miller, John B., Phillips, Oliver L., Saatchi, Sassan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 13.02.2018; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 704/106/694/682; 704/172/4081; 704/47/4113; Carbon; Carbon dioxide; Deforestation; Drought; Emission inventories; Emissions; Forest & brush fires; Forest fires; Forests; Humanities and Social Sciences; Incidence; multidisciplinary; Science; Science (multidisciplinary)

Tropical carbon emissions are largely derived from direct forest clearing processes. Yet, emissions from drought-induced forest fires are, usually, not included in national-level carbon emission inventories. Here we examine Brazilian Amazon drought impacts on fire incidence and associated forest fir...