Blog Post Image: Risk of Amazon Rainforest Dieback is Higher than IPCC Projects

During the 2005 and 2010 droughts, satellites detected decreased vegetation greenness—or a lower Normalized Vegetation Index (NDVI)—over the southern Amazon rainforest (orange and red regions). NDVI is derived from MODIS instruments on NASA’s Terra and Aqua satellites. Image courtesy of Ranga Myneni, Jian Bi and NASA (Click image to enlarge)