The Rainforests of Asia will suffer from a totally new climate of extreme heat from 2029 with staggering consequences for all life on Earth. 
This 2013 study projects years of climate 'departure' on our current emissions pathway.
Indonesia, Malaysia and Sri Lanka are all set to experience a totally new climate of extreme heat from the 2020s.
Indonesia, Malaysia and Sri Lanka are all set to experience a totally new climate of extreme heat from the 2020s.
Southeast Asia is known for its vast rainforests with the richest biodiversity in the world, but also its alarming rate of deforestation.
Forests are already so fragmented that even ending deforestation immediately may not be enough to prevent collapse.theaseanpost.com/article/defore…
Forests are already so fragmented that even ending deforestation immediately may not be enough to prevent collapse.theaseanpost.com/article/defore…
'Deforestation accounts for almost half of Indonesia’s emissions—more than fossil fuels, though these are fast catching up.
Clearing forests in peatlands and peat swamps poses additional problems. Draining peat swamps releases thousands of tons of CO2'imf.org/external/pubs/…
Clearing forests in peatlands and peat swamps poses additional problems. Draining peat swamps releases thousands of tons of CO2'imf.org/external/pubs/…
Researchers using satellite imaging have found much greater than expected deforestation since 2000 in the highlands of Southeast Asia, a critically important world ecosystem. princeton.edu/news/2018/07/0…
Last year forest fire emissions from Indonesia were even worse than the Amazon Rainforest. Carbon cycle feedbacks could lead us to devastating 4C by 2060 even with moderate industrial emissions cuts.
bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
Extreme heat has already begun to hit wildlife, plants and people:
The damage done to rainforests in a +2C world may be too much for them to survive. Even if deforestation were to end now, fires and droughts could turn rainforests into savannah given the fragmentation that has already occurred.
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