WASHINGTON, May 9 -- The American Geophysical Union issued the following news release:

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Deforestation lessens Amazon rainfall, and climate change hastens that process

As climate change intensifies, deforestation from agriculture may leave crops with too little rainfall to thrive

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Climate change makes the southern Amazon's rain increasingly sensitive to deforestation, a new study finds. Clearing large areas of forest can . . .

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