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Large swaths of the lush Amazon rainforest may eventually turn into a grassy savanna as a result of logging and burning, according to a team of researchers who have discovered that it has lost resilience over the last two decades.
This reduced resilience could result in a widespread tree and shrub death, with serious consequences for biodiversity, global carbon storage, and climate change., extending more than 2 million square miles in northern South America, primarily in Brazil but also in Peru, Colombia, and six other countries. It's a largely untamed jungle that is Earth’s most biodiverse region. It's brimming with plants and trees and animals of all types and sizes, many of which are still unknown to science.
The Amazon has existed for more than 50 million years; however, it's presently under threat from human activities such as destructive fires set to clear areas for ranching and agriculture, as well as mine for oil and gas, copper, iron, and gold.