
Amazon Floodplain Forests Under Shifting Rainfall
Seasonal inundation drives the productivity of an entire basin — and it is changing.
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Explainers about habitats, ecological change, and landscape conservation.

Seasonal inundation drives the productivity of an entire basin — and it is changing.
Prepared by Global Wildlife Editorial Desk · Updated

Waterlogged ground hides one of the planet's most important stores of ancient carbon.
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Underwater canopies rebuild whole food webs when given a chance to recover.
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Persistent moisture, not rainfall alone, is what makes these ecosystems possible.
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The grasslands only work when herds, predators, and fire keep moving.
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Muddy, unglamorous water where a striking share of ocean life begins its journey.
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