The Amazon Dieback Scenario - NYTimes.com

Might the Amazon really die as a direct consequence of human-induced climate change?

World Climate Report » IPCC Mischaracterizes Precipitation Changes

More and more evidence is turning up that the only thing “disproportionate” about the changes in precipitation has been amount of spin that has been put on an expected and normal climate behavior.

When it rains more, more rain falls in heavy events. While this information is good to know, it is not an unnatural sign of a human influence on the climate—it is just the way it is. For the vast majority of the world and its increasing water use demands, more precipitation is a good thing. If human activities are contributing to the increase, we at World Climate Report kind of think this sounds generally like a good thing. Silly us.