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There is also a big forest fire in Siberia, but I can't remember seeing anything on it in the Norwegian press. There are some stories about the Amazon fire, tho
by kebman 7y ago
There is also a big forest fire in Siberia, but I can't remember seeing anything on it in the Norwegian press. There are some stories about the Amazon fire, though. Perhaps the one in Siberia is less dangerous? I don't know! Why is the Amazon fire worse? Or can you compare them at all?
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- NeedMoreTea 7y agoYet the BBC did an identical style piece about the Siberian fires about a month ago. So what's your gripe with this? https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-49125391 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-49125391
- Synaesthesia 7y agoLet's not forget the recent and ongoing fires in Indonesia, home to one of the world's last and largest rainforests.
- thewhitetulip 7y agoAmazon is the source for 20% oxygen. Brasil's president thinks climate change is a myth (just like every conservative head of state these days) It's scary how much he could damage the world by flattening the Amazon
- austincheney 7y agoI don’t think that is accurate. Most of the oxygen produced by the Amazon remains local and is consumed by local fauna. The rest of the world is almost entirely dependent upon local systems and oceanic diatoms for oxygen. There are many other serious environmental concerns at stake, but not oxygen loss.
- thewhitetulip 7y agoMakes sense that regions would have a local source of O2. But it will have some impact on CO2 right?
- kibibu 7y agoWhat? This doesn't sound plausible at all. Do you have a citation for this claim? This paper suggests quite the opposite. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S209592731830375X https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S209592731...
- austincheney 7y agoThere is a large HN discussion about it: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20789771 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20789771