Something is going wrong with the lungs of the world. According to a shocking report, after years of burning, mining, and development in the prestigious ecosystem – the Brazilian Amazon releases more carbon than it absorbs. The rainforest has released nearly 20% more carbon dioxide
The Amazon rainforest has been at risk from wildfires and illegal logging for the past couple of years. Recently, NASA’s Earth Observatory shared a photo of what appears to be rivers of gold running through the Amazon rainforest in Madre de Dios state in eastern
The Amazon rainforest has had a pretty difficult couple of years with all the wildfires and illegal logging. In 2019, the region lost nearly 1.7 million hectares of forest cover to the wildfires, which is a conservative estimate but the actual area of forest loss
Amazon is home to 10 percent of all the animal species on the planet and majorly responsible for the biodiversity that’s vital for sustaining life on Earth. The region produces 20 percent of earth’s oxygen and is popularly referred to as the planet’s lungs. Sadly