When viewed alongside the threat of drought to agriculture due to decreased rainfall over land, this does not make for a pretty picture. (realclimate.org)
They also wanted to gauge whether decreasing rainfall has contributed to the catastrophic water loss. (sciencedaily.com)
The reality is that the IPCC have largely ignored the papers on the model results of decreasing rainfall in the east of the Amazon, and the diverse evidence used to assess the sensitivity of these forests to such rainfall reductions. (realclimate.org)