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SUBMITTER: Devaraju N
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4371945 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Devaraju N N Bala Govindasamy G Modak Angshuman A Modak Angshuman A
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20150302 11
In this paper, using idealized climate model simulations, we investigate the biogeophysical effects of large-scale deforestation on monsoon regions. We find that the remote forcing from large-scale deforestation in the northern middle and high latitudes shifts the Intertropical Convergence Zone southward. This results in a significant decrease in precipitation in the Northern Hemisphere monsoon regions (East Asia, North America, North Africa, and South Asia) and moderate precipitation increases ...[more]