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The Brazilian Cerrado is becoming hotter and drier

Hofmann, Gabriel S. ; Cardoso, Manoel F. ; Alves, Ruy J. V. ; Weber, Eliseu J. ; Barbosa, Alexandre A. ; Toledo, Peter M. ; Pontual, Francisco B. ; Salles, Leandro de O. ; Hasenack, Heinrich ; Cordeiro, José L. P. ; Aquino, Francisco E. ; Oliveira, Luiz F. B.

Global change biology, 2021-09, Vol.27 (17), p.4060-4073 [Periódico revisado por pares]

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The Brazilian Cerrado is becoming hotter and drier
Autor: Hofmann, Gabriel S. ; Cardoso, Manoel F. ; Alves, Ruy J. V. ; Weber, Eliseu J. ; Barbosa, Alexandre A. ; Toledo, Peter M. ; Pontual, Francisco B. ; Salles, Leandro de O. ; Hasenack, Heinrich ; Cordeiro, José L. P. ; Aquino, Francisco E. ; Oliveira, Luiz F. B.
Assuntos: Absolute humidity ; Air temperature ; Animal species ; Biodiversity ; Climate change ; Datasets ; Dew ; Dew point ; Dry season ; ecosystem collapse ; Ecosystems ; global biodiversity hotspots ; Humidity ; Land use ; MODIS ; Rainy season ; Reanalysis II ; Relative humidity ; Remote sensing ; savanna ; Seasons ; temperature ; Temperature effects ; Vapor pressure ; Vapour pressure ; Wet season ; Wildfires
É parte de: Global change biology, 2021-09, Vol.27 (17), p.4060-4073
Descrição: The Brazilian Cerrado is a global biodiversity hotspot with notoriously high rates of native vegetation suppression and wildfires over the past three decades. As a result, climate change can already be detected at both local and regional scales. In this study, we used three different approaches based on independent datasets to investigate possible changes in the daytime and nighttime temperature and air humidity between the peak of the dry season and the beginning of the rainy season in the Brazilian Cerrado. Additionally, we evaluated the tendency of dew point depression, considering it as a proxy to assess impacts on biodiversity. Monthly increases of 2.2−4.0℃ in the maximum temperatures and 2.4−2.8℃ in the minimum temperatures between 1961 and 2019 were recorded, supported by all analyzed datasets which included direct observations, remote sensing, and modeling data. The warming raised the vapor pressure deficit, and although we recorded an upward trend in absolute humidity, relative humidity has reduced by ~15%. If these tendencies are maintained, gradual air warming will make nightly cooling insufficient to reach the dew point in the early hours of the night. Therefore, it will progressively reduce both the amount and duration of nocturnal dewfall, which is the main source of water for numerous plants and animal species of the Brazilian Cerrado during the dry season. Through several examples, we hypothesize that these climate changes can have a high impact on biodiversity and potentially cause ecosystems to collapse. We emphasize that the effects of temperature and humidity on Cerrado ecosystems cannot be neglected and should be further explored from a land use perspective. This study shows the significant shifts in the daytime and nighttime temperature and air humidity in the Brazilian Cerrado, where the massive suppression of native vegetation is the main radiative force driving these climate changes. Using the tendency of dew point depression as a proxy to assess impacts on biodiversity, the authors suggest that these regional climate changes can have a high impact on fauna and flora and potentially cause ecosystems to collapse.
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The Brazilian Cerrado is becoming hotter and drier

Hofmann, Gabriel S. ; Cardoso, Manoel F. ; Alves, Ruy J. V. ; Weber, Eliseu J. ; Barbosa, Alexandre A. ; Toledo, Peter M. ; Pontual, Francisco B. ; Salles, Leandro de O. ; Hasenack, Heinrich ; Cordeiro, José L. P. ; Aquino, Francisco E. ; Oliveira, Luiz F. B.

England: Blackwell Publishing Ltd

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