Tropical forests struggling to recover from El niño
The extreme weather patterns of the 2015-16 El Niño, among the worst since the 1950s, had crippling ripple effects around the globe, from drastic crop failures, food shortages and disease outbreaks to destructive wildfires and severe coral bleaching.
Focussing on tropical rainforests in Africa, America, Asia and the Amazon, two new studies have found these woodlands are struggling to recover, and the impacts are aggravated by human activities.
Published by Cosmos.
