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If you look at the State of Amazonas, Brazil on Google maps satellite view, it appears to be largely untouched. Rondonia and Matto Grosso are the states most af
by Merrill 7y ago
If you look at the State of Amazonas, Brazil on Google maps satellite view, it appears to be largely untouched. Rondonia and Matto Grosso are the states most affected by deforestation. Other large parts of the Amazon rain forest in other states of Brazil and in Peru, Colombia and Venezuela are also intact. Don't take Time's word for it - go look yourself.
- mac01021 7y agoThe claim in the article is that the deforestation is approaching 20% of the original forest and that, once that number reaches 20-25%, the water cycle will be disrupted in a way that will transform the majority of the remaining forest into savanna. This is not a claim that I can confirm or refute using google maps.
- malandrew 7y agoDeforestation of 20-25% or more is not uncommon at smaller scales and I know of no such example where such an area transformed to savanna.
- truculent 7y agoSmaller scale transformation won’t interact with global complex systems like the water cycle in the same way. You can’t make that comparison.
- kingbirdy 7y agoDo you know of any examples where the forest that was de-forested 25% was the Amazon or another tropical rainforest? Obviously if a pine barren is deforested 25% it won't turn in to savannah.
- goldforever 7y agolol...20-25%, who actually knows...stop listening to these BS news sites!