@Article{MaedaAbSiArMoHe:2021:LaCoAg,
               author = "Maeda, Eduardo Eiji and Abera, Temesgen Alemayehu and Siljander, 
                         Mika and Arag{\~a}o, Luiz Eduardo Oliveira e Cruz de and Moura, 
                         Yhasmin Mendes de and Heiskanen, Janne",
          affiliation = "{University of Helsink} and {University of Helsink} and 
                         {University of Helsink} and {Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas 
                         Espaciais (INPE)} and {University of Leicester} and {University of 
                         Helsink}",
                title = "Large-scale commodity agriculture exacerbates the climatic impacts 
                         of Amazonian deforestation",
              journal = "Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United 
                         Sates of America",
                 year = "2021",
               volume = "118",
               number = "7",
                pages = "e2023787118",
                month = "Feb.",
                 note = "{Pr{\^e}mio CAPES Elsevier 2023 - ODS 15: Vida terrestre}",
             keywords = "land use, deforestation, agricultural expansion, Amazon forest, 
                         regional climate.",
             abstract = "In the Amazon rainforest, land use following deforestation is 
                         diverse and dynamic. Mounting evidence indicates that the climatic 
                         impacts of forest loss can also vary considerably, depending on 
                         specific features of the affected areas. The size of the 
                         deforested patches, for instance, was shown to modulate the 
                         characteristics of local climatic impacts. Nonetheless, the 
                         influence of different types of land use and management strategies 
                         on the magnitude of local climatic changes remains uncertain. 
                         Here, we evaluated the impacts of large-scale commodity farming 
                         and rural settlements on surface temperature, rainfall patterns, 
                         and energy fluxes. Our results reveal that changes in 
                         landatmosphere coupling are induced not only by deforestation size 
                         but also, by land use type and management patterns inside the 
                         deforested areas. We provide evidence that, in comparison with 
                         rural settlements, deforestation caused by large-scale commodity 
                         agriculture is more likely to reduce convective rainfall and 
                         increase land surface temperature. We demonstrate that these 
                         differences are mainly caused by a more intensive management of 
                         the land, resulting in significantly lower vegetation cover 
                         throughout the year, which reduces latent heat flux. Our findings 
                         indicate an urgent need for alternative agricultural practices, as 
                         well as forest restoration, for maintaining ecosystem processes 
                         and mitigating change in the local climates across the Amazon 
                         basin.",
                  doi = "10.1073/pnas.2023787118",
                  url = "http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2023787118",
                 issn = "1091-6490",
             language = "en",
           targetfile = "maeda_large.pdf",
        urlaccessdate = "20 maio 2024"
}