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It seems the carbon footprint of even losing the entire Amazon Forrest is actually small: "In various modelling studies the risk of Amazon dieback gradually gr
by brabel 6y ago
It seems the carbon footprint of even losing the entire Amazon Forrest is actually small:
"In various modelling studies the risk of Amazon dieback gradually grows above2oC and becomes significant in the 3 to 5oC range, but will still take 100-200 years to fully play out..."
"The total Amazon carbon sink is estimated to be 150-200 gigatonnes of carbon (GtC), with a maximum forest dieback to savannah estimated to release 53-70 GtC and raise atmospheric CO2 by 25-33 ppm (which is enough to cause up to ~0.15oC of warming if none of the CO2 was re-sequestered)"
https://climatetippingpoints.info/2019/04/15/fact-check-do-tipping-points-and-feedbacks-commit-us-to-rapid-catastrophic-warming/ https://climatetippingpoints.info/2019/04/15/fact-check-do-t...