The world's largest rainforest and consumer of carbon dioxide has had a significant amount of damage done to it in the past few years.
Between the already consuming pressures of the incentives, the government of Brazil gave to its citizens almost five decades ago and the ever-increasing global population that is using more and more fossil fuels, the forest is reaching a tipping point to where it can no longer keep up. A new study looked at how quickly the largest ecosystems in the world could be lost after they reach critical tipping points. The larger the ecosystem, such as the Amazon Rainforest, the faster it can change.
The problem is that many people believe that we are doing just fine in terms of the climate, they think oh well it's not that bad here, or I'm only putting one piece of plastic in my garbage can so it really doesn't make that much of a difference and the ever so fun thought of well, I'm still gonna drive, even though it is only a five-minute walk from here.
If they were the only person doing, then TBH, it probably wouldn't make that much of a difference, but when almost everyone has that mentality, it adds up.
Think of all those exotic animals that need that forest to survive as well as the many indigenous populations of people that live in it and thrive off of the wetter conditions and shelter that the massive canopies provide.
In fact, at its current rate of deforestation, 27 percent of the Amazon will be without trees by 2030, according to WWF. This is important because forest trees and other plants soak up carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and store it away as they grow and thrive and tropical forest, by themselves, hold more than 210 gigatons of carbon or seven times as much as what comes from Human activities such as the burning of fossil fuel.
The same study also noted that the Amazon is not the only one that could reach. the point of no return.
Coral reefs could also be greatly impacted, which could impact fishing and touring industries. Imagine going on a diving (or snorkeling) tour and not being able to see all the different fish swimming around or the colorful coral on the ocean floor. What would be fun in swimming in murky grey water (if it came to that point)?
Climate change is about more than the world that is right in front of us. It is about the things that we don't see and the things that could just get worse over time, for example, the Australian Bush fires from earlier this year that impacted most of that country or what about the Polar Vortex that happened in the U-S in January of last year?
Global Warming and climate change don't just mean that the earth is becoming hotter, it also could result in extreme cold.