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Published online 11 October 2005 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news051010-8
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Amazon hit by worst drought for 40 years
Warming Atlantic linked to both US hurricanes and rainforest drought.
Parts of the Amazon rainforest are enduring the worst drought for 40 years, prompting local government to declare several cities in the Brazilian state of Amazonas as disaster areas. Researchers say that rising sea temperatures in the North Atlantic, perhaps prompted by climate change, are probably to blame.
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