- 10 Mar 2020 19:31
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"The Amazon rainforest could turn into a grassy savannah within 49 years of reaching an ecological tipping point, scientists have warned.
A team of researchers found that once they start collapsing, the world's largest ecosystems, such as the Amazon, are likely to be gone much faster than previously thought.
They said the findings should serve as yet another wake-up call for policymakers to halt the cycle of destruction of the natural world."
This is a big hairy deal, but it also raises questions about the little buggers that produce the oxygen you breathe.
"...what this means is that the biggest ecosystems that we have in the world are likely to collapse much quicker than we think, in a matter of decades"
The Amazon creates it's climate, meaning once it's gone, the region will dry out, and with global warming, there is no chance it will get a chance to recover.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/10/americas/ecosystems-collapse-amazon-climate-intl/index.html
A team of researchers found that once they start collapsing, the world's largest ecosystems, such as the Amazon, are likely to be gone much faster than previously thought.
They said the findings should serve as yet another wake-up call for policymakers to halt the cycle of destruction of the natural world."
This is a big hairy deal, but it also raises questions about the little buggers that produce the oxygen you breathe.
"...what this means is that the biggest ecosystems that we have in the world are likely to collapse much quicker than we think, in a matter of decades"
The Amazon creates it's climate, meaning once it's gone, the region will dry out, and with global warming, there is no chance it will get a chance to recover.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/10/americas/ecosystems-collapse-amazon-climate-intl/index.html
Facts have a well known liberal bias