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A nation that destroys its soils destroys itself.
Forests are the lungs of our land, purifying the air & giving fresh strength to our people.
~Franklin D. Roosevelt
#Year2050
#AmazonRainforest will only be remembered in pictures
We burned our lungsš for #BEEF
#Vegan bc š
Forests are the lungs of our land, purifying the air & giving fresh strength to our people.
~Franklin D. Roosevelt
#Year2050
#AmazonRainforest will only be remembered in pictures
We burned our lungsš for #BEEF
#Vegan bc š
š“ #AmazonRainforest Has Lost More Than ā¶Ten Millionā Football Fields of Forest in a Decade
THIS #rainforest is responsible for storing overĀ 180 BILLION tonsĀ of carbon
With #deforestationĀ that carbon is releasedĀ back into the atmosphere
#EndAnimalAg
smithsonianmag.com/science-natureā¦
THIS #rainforest is responsible for storing overĀ 180 BILLION tonsĀ of carbon
With #deforestationĀ that carbon is releasedĀ back into the atmosphere
#EndAnimalAg
smithsonianmag.com/science-natureā¦
#DYK
š§ "One-fifth of the worldās fresh #waterĀ is in the #AmazonBasin, supplying water to the world by releasing water vapor into the atmosphere thatĀ can travelĀ thousands of miles"
Meanwhile governments ššš & politicians ignore #AmazonBurning
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smithsonianmag.com/science-natureā¦
š§ "One-fifth of the worldās fresh #waterĀ is in the #AmazonBasin, supplying water to the world by releasing water vapor into the atmosphere thatĀ can travelĀ thousands of miles"
Meanwhile governments ššš & politicians ignore #AmazonBurning
ā”š®
smithsonianmag.com/science-natureā¦
@EmmanuelMacron The image on the left shows a fire from 1989, and the image on the right has been online since at least 2012. A number of other outdated and unrelated photographs have also been circulated as if they depicted the 2019 #AmazonFires.
snopes.com/fact-check/amaā¦
snopes.com/fact-check/amaā¦
@EmmanuelMacron Plankton that are plants, known as #phytoplankton, grow and get their own energy through photosynthesis and are responsible for producing an estimated 80% of the worldās oxygen. They need #CO2 to thrive.
eos.org/research-spotlā¦
eos.org/research-spotlā¦
@EmmanuelMacron Many use fire to maintain farmland or to clear land.
Typically, activity peaks in early Sept & mostly stops by Nov.
#NASA satellite data indicates total fire activity across the #AmazonBasin this year has been close to the average of the past 15 years.
earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/145464/ā¦
Typically, activity peaks in early Sept & mostly stops by Nov.
#NASA satellite data indicates total fire activity across the #AmazonBasin this year has been close to the average of the past 15 years.
earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/145464/ā¦
