A historic drought that left swaths of the Amazon rainforest parched for much of last year was caused primarily by climate change, according to a new study, rather than naturally occurring weather patterns.
The research by 18 scientists from the World Weather Attribution group also found that the El Niño phenomenon that warms the Pacific Ocean — historically a driver of drought — “had a much smaller influence”.
“As the Amazon drought worsened in 2023, many people pointed to El Niño to explain the event,” said Ben Clarke, a climate scientist at Imperial College London.
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