The agricultural expansion in South America's Dry Chaco: regional hydroclimate effects
María Agostina Bracalenti,Omar V. Müller,Miguel A. Lovino,and Ernesto Hugo Berbery
María Agostina Bracalenti
Centro de Estudios de Variabilidad y Cambio Climático (CEVARCAM), Facultad de Ingeniería y Ciencias Hídricas (FICH), Universidad Nacional del Litoral (UNL), Santa Fe, Argentina
Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Santa Fe, Argentina
Centro de Estudios de Variabilidad y Cambio Climático (CEVARCAM), Facultad de Ingeniería y Ciencias Hídricas (FICH), Universidad Nacional del Litoral (UNL), Santa Fe, Argentina
Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Santa Fe, Argentina
Centro de Estudios de Variabilidad y Cambio Climático (CEVARCAM), Facultad de Ingeniería y Ciencias Hídricas (FICH), Universidad Nacional del Litoral (UNL), Santa Fe, Argentina
Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Santa Fe, Argentina
Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center (ESSIC)/Cooperative Institute for Satellite Earth System Studies (CISESS), University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
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The Gran Chaco is a large, dry forest in South America that has been heavily deforested, particularly in the dry Chaco subregion. This deforestation, mainly driven by the expansion of the agricultural frontier, has changed the land's characteristics, affecting the local and regional climate. The study reveals that deforestation has resulted in reduced precipitation, soil moisture, and runoff, and if intensive agriculture continues, it could make summers in this arid region even drier and hotter.
The Gran Chaco is a large, dry forest in South America that has been heavily deforested,...
