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.
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as long as it only happens in South America - OK
TL:DR What day in 2021 is the change happening? -
Lol it's always far right policies........I thought that damn thing was already gone. Didn't we have a big rain forest meltdown with dire any minute destruction warnings say 20+ years ago?
I'm not saying I am for cutting it down but all this "were doomed" shit is getting really old. -
Is this before or after the ozone is depleted (as I was told was imminent in 1974)
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I’m not going to get into a screaming match with the doubters of climate change, so let’s put that issue on a shelf for a second. Can we not all agree that cutting down the Amazon rainforest is *bad*?
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. -
Too rational.Doog_de_Jour said:I’m not going to get into a screaming match with the doubters of climate change, so let’s put that issue on a shelf for a second. Can we not all agree that cutting down the Amazon rainforest is *bad*?
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. -
I know. I need to remember I’m posting in the Tug.ThomasFremont said:
Too rational.Doog_de_Jour said:I’m not going to get into a screaming match with the doubters of climate change, so let’s put that issue on a shelf for a second. Can we not all agree that cutting down the Amazon rainforest is *bad*?
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. -
It's up to Brazil
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American leadershipRaceBannon said:It's up to Brazil
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ColonialismThomasFremont said:
American leadershipRaceBannon said:It's up to Brazil
Who are we to interfere with a sovereign nation? -
When another sovereign nation threatens us, we have a pretty consistent track record.RaceBannon said:
ColonialismThomasFremont said:
American leadershipRaceBannon said:It's up to Brazil
Who are we to interfere with a sovereign nation?
