• @grue
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    230 days ago

    The Amazon rainforest survived the African Humid Period though, so what’s up with that?

    • @Kelly
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      30 days ago

      It looks like the Amazon region was experiencing less rainfall at the time with a corresponding shift towards drought tolerant species with parts of the region as savannahs !!

      https://earthscience.stackexchange.com/a/2567

      With a different rainfall profile the nutrient loss would have been vastly reduced.

      • @grue
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        130 days ago

        Neat, thanks!