Widespread reforestation before European influence on Amazonia

MB Bush, MN Nascimento, CM Åkesson… - Science, 2021 - science.org
An estimated 90 to 95% of Indigenous people in Amazonia died after European contact. This
population collapse is postulated to have caused decreases in atmospheric carbon dioxide …

Scarce fire activity in north and north-western Amazonian forests during the last 10,000 years

WD Gosling, SY Maezumi, BM Heijink… - Plant Ecology & …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Background Fire is known to affect forest biodiversity, carbon storage, and public health
today; however, comparable fire histories from across forest regions in Amazonia are …