➡️ The Amazon Flipped From Carbon Sink to Carbon Source.
Not because of fires, but because heat and drought pushed the forest past a threshold.
When this happened, photosynthesis slowed, the system couldn’t keep up.
For decades, the Amazon buffered billions of tons of carbon.
In 2023, it released up to 170 billion kg, up to 30% of tropical emissions that year.
🔺 🌪️ Now, El Niño is building again.
But this isn’t a collapse story.
The forest showed signs of resilience…absorbing carbon before the drought, and even rebounding after severe biomass loss in long-term studies.
And on the ground, restoration is scaling: Brazil just committed 145,000 acres to reforestation, with millions more identified.
83% of the Amazon is still standing.
This isn’t the end. It’s a stress test…and the response is already underway.