Post by Andrei Tchentchik on Jan 23, 2020 13:35:43 GMT 2
(.#A.029).- The Amazon ignites, August 30, 2019.
The Amazon ignites.
Friday, August 30, 2019.
More than 82,000 fires were detected in Brazil's rainforest, including 1,660 new fires in just two days.
The Amazonian forest covers a large part of the northwestern Brazilian territory and extends to Colombia, Peru and other South American countries. It is the largest tropical forest in the world and is known for its biodiversity. Its role is often compared to that of a lung. But it has the opposite effect by releasing oxygen into the atmosphere.
Wildfires in South America, 2019
(Figures as of August 27, 2019)
French Guyana ……………………………………………………….…….. 00,011
Suriname …………………………………………………………..........….. 00,162
Ecuador ………………………………………………………..………….…. 00,318
Uruguay …………………………………………………………..……..…… 00,391
Guyana ………………………………………………………..……..,...….… 00,896
Chile ………………………………………………………….………..…...…. 02,935
Péru ………………………………………………………..…………..….…... 06,397
Paraguay …………………………………………………......…….….....…. 10,627
Argentina ………………………………………………………..……….…… 14,067
Colombie ……………………………………………………….……….....…. 14,331
Bolivia ……………………………………………………………….…..…….. 19,071
Venezuela ……………………………………………………………...…...… 26,547
Brasil ………………………………………………………………….…….….. 82,285
According to the Brazilian research center Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais, the Brazilian Amazon lost 350,000 hectares of forest in the first six months of 2019. This is the equivalent of destroying an area of a soccer field every 40 seconds, every day.
Forest fire in Brazil, 1998-2018
(Satellite detection from January 1st to August 26th)
2018 ................................................................................................................... 45,656
2017 ................................................................................................................... 59,672
2016 ................................................................................................................... 78,263
2015 ................................................................................................................... 58,936
2014 ................................................................................................................... 64,632
2013 ................................................................................................................... 40,166
2012 ................................................................................................................... 77,841
2011 ................................................................................................................... 43,582
2010 ...................................................................................................................124,936
2009 ................................................................................................................... 42,347
2008 ................................................................................................................... 57,634
2007 ...................................................................................................................128,257
2006 ................................................................................................................... 86,446
2005 ...................................................................................................................130,052
2004 ...................................................................................................................123,506
2003 ...................................................................................................................113,665
2002 ................................................................................................................... 98,274
2001 ................................................................................................................... 49,065
2000 ................................................................................................................... 32,437
1999 ................................................................................................................... 47,810
1998 ................................................................................................................... 39,197
The tree absorbs CO2 and retains the carbon (C) it uses to create organic matter (such as wood), which is essential for its growth.
Once this "digestion" is done, the leaves release O2, oxygen widely consumed by plants and microbes.
Dead or burned trees release CO2.
Scientific evidence suggests that uptake of intact forests in the Amazon today more or less offsets deforestation emissions. While increasing the share of deforestation, the system can easily be unbalanced to become a net source of CO2.
F I N.
The Amazon ignites.
Friday, August 30, 2019.
More than 82,000 fires were detected in Brazil's rainforest, including 1,660 new fires in just two days.
The Amazonian forest covers a large part of the northwestern Brazilian territory and extends to Colombia, Peru and other South American countries. It is the largest tropical forest in the world and is known for its biodiversity. Its role is often compared to that of a lung. But it has the opposite effect by releasing oxygen into the atmosphere.
Wildfires in South America, 2019
(Figures as of August 27, 2019)
French Guyana ……………………………………………………….…….. 00,011
Suriname …………………………………………………………..........….. 00,162
Ecuador ………………………………………………………..………….…. 00,318
Uruguay …………………………………………………………..……..…… 00,391
Guyana ………………………………………………………..……..,...….… 00,896
Chile ………………………………………………………….………..…...…. 02,935
Péru ………………………………………………………..…………..….…... 06,397
Paraguay …………………………………………………......…….….....…. 10,627
Argentina ………………………………………………………..……….…… 14,067
Colombie ……………………………………………………….……….....…. 14,331
Bolivia ……………………………………………………………….…..…….. 19,071
Venezuela ……………………………………………………………...…...… 26,547
Brasil ………………………………………………………………….…….….. 82,285
According to the Brazilian research center Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais, the Brazilian Amazon lost 350,000 hectares of forest in the first six months of 2019. This is the equivalent of destroying an area of a soccer field every 40 seconds, every day.
Forest fire in Brazil, 1998-2018
(Satellite detection from January 1st to August 26th)
2018 ................................................................................................................... 45,656
2017 ................................................................................................................... 59,672
2016 ................................................................................................................... 78,263
2015 ................................................................................................................... 58,936
2014 ................................................................................................................... 64,632
2013 ................................................................................................................... 40,166
2012 ................................................................................................................... 77,841
2011 ................................................................................................................... 43,582
2010 ...................................................................................................................124,936
2009 ................................................................................................................... 42,347
2008 ................................................................................................................... 57,634
2007 ...................................................................................................................128,257
2006 ................................................................................................................... 86,446
2005 ...................................................................................................................130,052
2004 ...................................................................................................................123,506
2003 ...................................................................................................................113,665
2002 ................................................................................................................... 98,274
2001 ................................................................................................................... 49,065
2000 ................................................................................................................... 32,437
1999 ................................................................................................................... 47,810
1998 ................................................................................................................... 39,197
The tree absorbs CO2 and retains the carbon (C) it uses to create organic matter (such as wood), which is essential for its growth.
Once this "digestion" is done, the leaves release O2, oxygen widely consumed by plants and microbes.
Dead or burned trees release CO2.
Scientific evidence suggests that uptake of intact forests in the Amazon today more or less offsets deforestation emissions. While increasing the share of deforestation, the system can easily be unbalanced to become a net source of CO2.
F I N.
