Amazon storm killed half a billion trees, says study
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) — A powerful storm destroyed about half a billion trees in the Amazon in 2005, according to a study on Tuesday that shows how the world’s forests may be vulnerable to more violent weather caused by climate change. Researchers at Tulane University in New Orleans used satellite data, on-site observations and computer models to calculate that between 441 million and 663 …

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