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Article: Amazon isotope discovery should sharpen climate predictions.(Research)
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- Ecos
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- April 1, 2005
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While studying the cycle of water in the Amazon Basin, Professor Ann Henderson-Sellers, of the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO), and Dr Kendal McGuffie, of the University of Technology Sydney, have developed crucial new insight into deforestation's link to water and climatic cycles, and global warming. Their findings could provide the first independent test of current Global Climate Models (GCMs).
The key to the research was a 'treasure trove' of baseline rainfall and water isotope measurements, fortuitously recorded around the world including in far-flung regions, such as the Amazon and the Andes mountains, as part of a United ...