Agriculture Expansion in the Cerrado (IMAGE)

Brown University

Agriculture Expansion in the Cerrado

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Satellite images show that agricultural land use in a key region of Brazil's Cerrado doubled in a decade. That expansion is altering the region's water cycle, a new study finds.

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NASA / Mustard Lab / Brown Unviersity

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