Droughts seem to make the Amazon rainforest even greener, a new study suggests, giving scientists hope that global warming’s effects on the lush South American ecosystem won’t be quite as bad as has been predicted.

Researchers found that the greenness of the forest actually increased during the drought. They think this could be because trees actually had more access to sunlight and could dig their roots deeper down in the soil to access water.

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