We might save the Amazon

Might.

“The worst case scenario sees temperatures rise by five to eight degrees by 2100, while rainfall will decrease between 15 and 20 per cent,” Mr Marengo said. “This setting will transform the Amazon rainforest into a savanna-like landscape.”
The more optimistic scenario supposes governments take more aggressive action to halt global warming, but would still have temperatures rising in the Amazon region by three to five degrees and rainfall dropping by 5 to 15 per cent, Mr Marengo said.

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