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Amazon rainforest 'close to irreversible tipping point'
Gwad
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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/oct/23/amazon-rainforest-close-to-irreversible-tipping-point
Soaring deforestation coupled with the destructive policies of Brazil’s far-right president, Jair Bolsonaro, could push the Amazon rainforest dangerously to an irreversible “tipping point” within two years, a prominent economist has said.
After this point the rainforest would stop producing enough rain to sustain itself and start slowly degrading into a drier savannah, releasing billions of tonnes of carbon into the atmosphere, which would exacerbate global heating and disrupt weather across South America.
Soaring deforestation coupled with the destructive policies of Brazil’s far-right president, Jair Bolsonaro, could push the Amazon rainforest dangerously to an irreversible “tipping point” within two years, a prominent economist has said.
After this point the rainforest would stop producing enough rain to sustain itself and start slowly degrading into a drier savannah, releasing billions of tonnes of carbon into the atmosphere, which would exacerbate global heating and disrupt weather across South America.
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TL:DR What day in 2021 is the change happening?
I'm not saying I am for cutting it down but all this "were doomed" shit is getting really old.
To me it’s like someone clear cutting the Olympic Rainforest or destroying Yellowstone. There are some natural wonders worth protecting regardless of how it impacts the environment.
Again, I hate how this has been politicized. Make it a damn national park. I hate seeing things of timeless beauty destroyed.
Who are we to interfere with a sovereign nation?
Feel free to live in Beijing, but I enjoy clean air.
Beijing air actually gets to the US
We need to invade them too
Have to acknowledge the problem exists before we can solve it.
So what
Brazil dont need no yankee imperialists telling them what to do