Climatogram & Climate Information
The Amazon rainforest climate is typically a tropical climate, also known as equatorial climate, found approximately 12 degrees to the North and South of the equator. The difference between day and night temperature (2 to 5°C) is greater than the difference between any two seasons.
The Amazon rainforest climate is changing for the worse though.
It's believed that rainfall has decresed due to large scale deforestation. Fire and drought pose the biggest threat to the Amazon Rainforest. Dry conditions greatly increase the risk of forest fire.During 2005, the rainforest suffered the worst drought in over a century. As larger areas are cut down or burned on a yearly basis for cattle raising, farming or other purposes, this can only increase global warming due to the carbon dioxide and methane realeased into the atmosphere by the burning trees.
The Amazon rainforest climate is changing for the worse though.
It's believed that rainfall has decresed due to large scale deforestation. Fire and drought pose the biggest threat to the Amazon Rainforest. Dry conditions greatly increase the risk of forest fire.During 2005, the rainforest suffered the worst drought in over a century. As larger areas are cut down or burned on a yearly basis for cattle raising, farming or other purposes, this can only increase global warming due to the carbon dioxide and methane realeased into the atmosphere by the burning trees.