India, April 14 -- Two consecutive droughts, each more intense than previous ones experienced by Amazonian forests in the year 2023-2024, have altered their ecological function, forest moisture and biomass to the lowest in more than three decades, a new study has found.

The research team said the satellite radar findings during the 33-year period from 1992 until 2025 assessed by them reflected a worrying trend that record-breaking droughts pushed moisture and biomass to its lowest.

Amazonian rainforests are one of the planet's most crucial carbon reservoirs and biodiversity hotspots, storing nearly a quarter - 17 to 23 per cent of global forest carbon stocks.

"Model projections indicate that the post-drought recovery of the 2023-2024 e...