SagXD@lemm.ee to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 1 month agoThe world if Africa didn't existfiles.catbox.moeimagemessage-square30fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageThe world if Africa didn't existfiles.catbox.moeSagXD@lemm.ee to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 1 month agomessage-square30fedilink
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoThe Amazon rainforest survived the African Humid Period though, so what’s up with that?
minus-squareKelly@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-21 month agoIt looks like the Amazon region was experiencing less rainfall at the time with a corresponding shift towards drought tolerant species with parts of the region as savannahs !! https://earthscience.stackexchange.com/a/2567 With a different rainfall profile the nutrient loss would have been vastly reduced.
The Amazon rainforest survived the African Humid Period though, so what’s up with that?
It looks like the Amazon region was experiencing less rainfall at the time with a corresponding shift towards drought tolerant species with parts of the region as savannahs !!
https://earthscience.stackexchange.com/a/2567
With a different rainfall profile the nutrient loss would have been vastly reduced.