'At some point we're going to have to react': How El Niño, climate change, and crime are pushing the Amazon rainforest over the brink

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'At some point we're going to have to react': How El Niño, climate change, and crime are pushing the Amazon rainforest over the brinkWorldPing
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Live Science spoke with Amazon researcher Bernardo Flores about how El Niño could help drive Earth's largest tropical rainforest past a globe-altering tipping point.

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  • Reported by Live Science and published Thu, 17 Sep 2026 12:40:08 UTC.

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