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> The forest is on the edge of becoming a net carbon producer for the first time. Forests in general are stable - _carbon neutral_, unless disturbed. Oceans ar
by ElectricalUnion 4y ago
> The forest is on the edge of becoming a net carbon producer for the first time.
Forests in general are stable - _carbon neutral_, unless disturbed. Oceans are where most of the Earth oxygen is converted from CO₂.
The real reason why Brazil needs to save the Amazon, for South America, is water supply - rain forest induced water evaporation is main source of water for the Río de la Plata basin - where several of the biggest and developed cities in the South America are.
- Sporktacular 4y agoIt's becoming a carbon source: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-021-03629-6.epdf https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-021-03629-6.epdf But if those cities dry up then what? Economic loss? Not everything is reducible to a price tag. The species in Amazonian ecosystems have as much of a right to exist as any other, including humans. Brazil should save it because it's the right thing to do.