Amazon Rainforest Fires Won't make a Difference


Recently, reports of wildfires in the Amazon Rainforest have struck the world with concern about important ecosystems and breathable oxygen. Although deforestation has dropped 80%, it has re-surged in recent years. These forests contain endangered and rare populations including indigenous peoples. Although worry is high, the estimation that the rain forest produces 20% of oxygen is a misunderstanding. Most oxygen came from the oceans and there is certainly enough to support us until the regrowth of the forest. Overall, this change doesn't really make a difference in the oxygen content in the atmosphere in terms of the near future.
I am very happy to see an article like this because ever since this started, I found it ridiculous that nobody mentioned the fact that it will all grow back, and this isn't as bad as the media portrays. For the length of time that the Earth has been around, according to science, surely the rainforest would have burned before and grown back. It is all a natural cycle that we just cant grasp.

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  1. AnonymousAugust 28, 2019 at 10:44 AM

    I agree that it is a cycle that nature has to go through, but the fires still strike worry because they have been worse recently. I think that the fires worry me the most because the wildlife that lives in the rainforest could be suffering from these devastating wildfires. I believe that they will grow back, but with the current issues with air supply, i can see why it raises such a risk.

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  2. AnonymousAugust 28, 2019 at 10:59 AM

    I agree with you as well, it is nice to see an article that understands that we will be ok and that the forest will grow back eventually because it has in the past. But like Maddie said the issues involving the air supply may be a risk and i can see why there is some concern.

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  3. Mrs. JohnsonAugust 29, 2019 at 11:14 AM

    Last night on NOVA (PBS program) it was about our "Lethal Seas".
    https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/video/lethal-seas/
    It talked about how rising levels of CO2 are effecting things. It is making hard for shell fish to grow & coral reefs. According to this article from Science magazine "Forests play a crucial role in maintaining the global carbon budget. Worldwide, they suck up 2.4 billion metric tons of carbon each year, with the massive Amazon absorbing a quarter of that total."
    https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2015/03/amazon-rainforest-ability-soak-carbon-dioxide-falling
    So the fires might not be a problem for oxygen we should be concerned about the CO2 it now cannot help deal with.

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