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Beveridge CF, Espinoza JC, Athayde S, Correa SB, Couto TBA, Heilpern SA, Jenkins CN, Piland NC, Utsunomiya R, Wongchuig S, Anderson EP. The Andes-Amazon-Atlantic pathway: A foundational hydroclimate system for social-ecological system sustainability. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2024; 121:e2306229121. [PMID: 38722826 PMCID: PMC11145265 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2306229121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2024] Open
Abstract
The Amazon River Basin's extraordinary social-ecological system is sustained by various water phases, fluxes, and stores that are interconnected across the tropical Andes mountains, Amazon lowlands, and Atlantic Ocean. This "Andes-Amazon-Atlantic" (AAA) pathway is a complex hydroclimatic system linked by the regional water cycle through atmospheric circulation and continental hydrology. Here, we aim to articulate the AAA hydroclimate pathway as a foundational system for research, management, conservation, and governance of aquatic systems of the Amazon Basin. We identify and describe the AAA pathway as an interdependent, multidirectional, and multiscale hydroclimate system. We then present an assessment of recent (1981 to 2020) changes in the AAA pathway, primarily reflecting an acceleration in the rates of hydrologic fluxes (i.e., water cycle intensification). We discuss how the changing AAA pathway orchestrates and impacts social-ecological systems. We conclude with four recommendations for the sustainability of the AAA pathway in ongoing research, management, conservation, and governance.
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Affiliation(s)
- Claire F. Beveridge
- Institute of Environment, Department of Earth and Environment, Florida International University, Miami, FL33199
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- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, CNRS, Grenoble Institut d’Ingénierie et de Management, Institut des Géosciences de l’Environnement (UMR 5001), Grenoble38400, France
- Instituto de Investigación sobre la Enseñanza de las Matemáticas, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Lima15088, Peru
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- Kimberly Green Latin American and Caribbean Center, Florida International University, Miami, FL33199
- Department of Global and Sociocultural Studies, Florida International University, Miami, FL33199
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- Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Aquaculture, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS39762
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- Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, LancasterLA1 4YQ, United Kingdom
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- Department of Natural Resources and the Environment, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY14850
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- Institute of Environment, Department of Earth and Environment, Florida International University, Miami, FL33199
- Kimberly Green Latin American and Caribbean Center, Florida International University, Miami, FL33199
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- Institute of Environment, Department of Earth and Environment, Florida International University, Miami, FL33199
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- Institute of Energy and Environment, University of São Paulo, São Paulo05508-900, Brazil
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- Laboratoire d’Etudes en Géophysique et Océanographie Spatiales, Université de Toulouse, CNES/CNRS/IRD/UT3, Toulouse31400, France
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- Institute of Environment, Department of Earth and Environment, Florida International University, Miami, FL33199
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Duarte HOB, Carvalho WD, de Toledo JJ, Rosalino LM. Big cats like water: occupancy patterns of jaguar in a unique and insular Brazilian Amazon ecosystem. MAMMAL RES 2023. [DOI: 10.1007/s13364-023-00681-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/11/2023]
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