The Earths Lungs

Through out the past 2 weeks there has been a lot of talk about how the Amazon is the Earths lungs and creates a considerable amount of the Earths oxygen. While it is true that the Amazon Rain forest generates a lot of oxygen. It also needs to use most, if not all of the oxygen it generates meaning it has very little surplus. Half of Earths breathable oxygen is actually generated by algae and photoplankon in ocean. But this doesn't change that the fires are causing many different problems. They are contributing considerably to green house gas emissions and are destroying habitats that many endangered species call home. So while the fires in the Amazon aren't destroying Earths oxygen supply it is damaging ecosystems and adding to the growing climate crisis.

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  1. chrheaSeptember 6, 2019 at 5:21 AM

    Adjust the text that appears for the link -- something short and sweet.

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  2. AnonymousSeptember 15, 2019 at 5:33 PM

    This is a very interesting perspective of this issue and I think you did a good idea of explaining both sides.

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  3. AnonymousSeptember 16, 2019 at 2:26 PM

    This is a very interesting way to think about the Amazon burning. Many people do not think about the ecosystems being damaged when they hear the topic, the main thing that comes to mind is in fact the low oxygen supply. It's interesting to know it uses a lot of that oxygen that it produces.

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  4. AnonymousSeptember 24, 2019 at 11:06 AM

    What surprises me most about this topic is that the Amazon had been burning for almost two weeks before the general populous found out. This goes to show how uneducated and uninformed we as a whole are, and if we become more educated, maybe we could prevent things like this from happening in the future.

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