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Tropical rainforests can burn during droughts, and logging and land clearing make them drier and more flammable.

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INSUFFICIENT LEANING
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Is it true that tropical rainforests can burn during droughts, and logging and land clearing make them drier and more flammable?

Unclear. Several sources confirm that tropical rainforests experience fires during El Niño droughts and that logging and agricultural clearing are widespread, but none of the retrieved items directly establishes that logging or land clearing makes rainforests drier and more flammable.

Verdict: PARTIAL LEAN · 7 sources for, 0 against · Last checked

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Evidence for · 7
Tropical rainforest
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Tropical rainforest. (n.d.). en.wikipedia.org. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropical_rainforest

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Rain Forest Threats Information and Facts | National Geographic
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Rain Forest Threats Information and Facts | National Geographic. (n.d.). nationalgeographic.com. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/article/rainforest-threats

Drought and presence of ants can influence hemipitera in tropical leaf litter
2020
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Anna, G., Timothy, B., & Theodore, E. (2020). Drought and presence of ants can influence hemipitera in tropical leaf litter. zenodo.org. https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.r2280gb95

Data from: fire in the rainforest: a 3,200-year history of fire in a West Kalimantan, Indonesia tropical rainforest
2024
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Lauren, H., Gusti, A., & Daniel, G. (2024). Data from: fire in the rainforest: a 3,200-year history of fire in a West Kalimantan, Indonesia tropical rainforest. zenodo.org. https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.vdncjsz37

Effects of El Niño drought on seedling dynamics in a seasonally dry tropical forest in northern Thailand
2022
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Prapawadee, N., Sutheera, H., & Satoshi, N. (2022). Effects of El Niño drought on seedling dynamics in a seasonally dry tropical forest in northern Thailand. zenodo.org. https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.fxpnvx0vz

Community Structure of Soil Bacteria in a Tropical Rainforest Several Years After Fire
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Community Structure of Soil Bacteria in a Tropical Rainforest Several Years After Fire. (n.d.). cir.nii.ac.jp. https://doi.org/10.1264/jsme2.23.49

Mahogany Trade/Tropical Rainforests
1990
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Mahogany Trade/Tropical Rainforests. (1990). discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk. https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/8cc32314-5919-4184-9f2d-d7163c8d8f98

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