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teep_
07/15/21 6:04:14 AM
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The Amazon rainforest is now emitting more carbon dioxide than it is able to absorb, scientists have confirmed for the first time.

The emissions amount to a billion tonnes of carbon dioxide a year, according to a study. The giant forest had previously been a carbon sink, absorbing the emissions driving the climate crisis, but is now causing its acceleration, researchers said.

Most of the emissions are caused by fires, many deliberately set to clear land for beef and soy production. But even without fires, hotter temperatures and droughts mean the south-eastern Amazon has become a source of CO2, rather than a sink.


https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jul/14/amazon-rainforest-now-emitting-more-co2-than-it-absorbs
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DocDelicious
07/15/21 6:05:39 AM
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We're fucked.

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Shotgunnova
07/15/21 6:06:59 AM
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YR82_cpW9Dc

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LinkDaLunatic
07/15/21 6:07:24 AM
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and that's gg, everyone. the earth is now fucked harder than riley reid. we did it reddit
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Funkydog
07/15/21 6:07:35 AM
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I look forward to choking on the air in a few decades when they ones who caused it are all dead.

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g0ldie
07/15/21 6:12:08 AM
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David1988
07/15/21 6:12:59 AM
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First the moon and now this

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teep_
07/15/21 6:13:26 AM
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David1988 posted...
First the moon

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Southernfatman
07/15/21 6:13:36 AM
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Nobody in power cares because they made their money and will be dead before it gets really bad.

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LinkDaLunatic
07/15/21 6:13:49 AM
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teep_ posted...
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where do you think we lived before earth bro?
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g0ldie
07/15/21 6:14:39 AM
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something about the moon wobbling is supposed to lead to a lot of flooding

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David1988
07/15/21 6:15:43 AM
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teep_ posted...
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https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/400-current-events/79564891

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teep_
07/15/21 6:19:31 AM
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David1988 posted...
teep_ posted...
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https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/400-current-events/79564891

welp
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Alteres
07/15/21 6:23:24 AM
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Damnit, not we have to destroy the moon and the rain forest.

Its us or them.

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Solar_Crimson
07/15/21 6:25:06 AM
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Fuck Bozonazi.

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Nukazie
07/15/21 6:31:41 AM
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Alteres posted...
Damnit, not we have to destroy the moon and the rain forest.

Its us or them.
of all the things we have to nuke, it's the damn moon and forests

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scamatoru
07/15/21 6:33:29 AM
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the happening

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SystemEgo
07/15/21 6:34:54 AM
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g0ldie posted...
something about the moon wobbling is supposed to lead to a lot of flooding
That would stand to reason as the Moon controls the tides.

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pikachupwnage
07/15/21 7:34:45 AM
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The planet unironically should declare War on Brazil. This on top of the human rights abuses...Bolsonaro straight up encourages the beating and killing of LBGT people and bulldozes poor peoples homes for the Olympics.

All Bolsanoro and most his government. dead as fucking hell.

All the farmers lighting fires in the Amazon? Beat their fucking asses and destroy their farms. Most farms within where there used to be Amazon in the last like 20+ years destroyed.

The Amazon should be permanently taken from Brazil and be treated as a Global National Park except no one can visit it without a scientific reason.

Indigenous tribes can still chillax there though.

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Pitlord_Special
07/15/21 7:58:47 AM
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The way this is spun makes it feel like a propaganda piece.

Yes if you burn the forest down faster than it grows, you get more CO2 in the atmosphere than gets absorbed. Basically the equivalent of complaining about someone staining the carpet after they got stabbed in the gut.

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Alteres
07/15/21 8:02:42 AM
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*now

damnit

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Mistere Man
07/15/21 8:06:05 AM
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Solar_Crimson
07/15/21 8:11:51 AM
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pikachupwnage posted...
The planet unironically should declare War on Brazil. This on top of the human rights abuses...Bolsonaro straight up encourages the beating and killing of LBGT people and bulldozes poor peoples homes for the Olympics.

All Bolsanoro and most his government. dead as fucking hell.

All the farmers lighting fires in the Amazon? Beat their fucking asses and destroy their farms. Most farms within where there used to be Amazon in the last like 20+ years destroyed.

The Amazon should be permanently taken from Brazil and be treated as a Global National Park except no one can visit it without a scientific reason.

Indigenous tribes can still chillax there though.
I am coming to the opinion that we may have to start taking drastic measures to correct things. Because the people in charge who have the power to do it are not interested in doing so, and we're the ones who will have to deal with the fallout once everything capsizes.

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Kaiganeer
07/15/21 8:12:34 AM
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that's hot
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bigblu89
07/15/21 8:17:16 AM
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I constantly hear people talk about nature finds a way and how if things were truly as bad as the tree huggers say it is, the Earth would just open up and swallow us, and just reset itself.

Im all for that.

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Xethuminra
07/15/21 8:18:07 AM
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So.....

The Amazon is emitting CO2......

...... because people are setting it on fire?
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SSJCAT
07/15/21 8:18:39 AM
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bigblu89 posted...
I constantly hear people talk about nature finds a way and how if things were truly as bad as the tree huggers say it is, the Earth would just open up and swallow us, and just reset itself.

Im all for that.
thats fucking dumb dude our planet and its resources arent invincible


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Spidey5
07/15/21 8:23:25 AM
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The Popo
07/15/21 8:26:14 AM
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Ill never recycle paper again

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Looked gf
07/15/21 8:30:33 AM
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DocDelicious posted...
We're fucked.


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VTBM
07/15/21 8:31:36 AM
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Nothing is going to happen.

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DepreceV2
07/15/21 8:38:25 AM
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DocDelicious posted...
We're fucked.

Pretty much. We are 100% screwed and it will only get even worse because people won't magically stop

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Antifar
07/15/21 8:39:00 AM
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VTBM posted...
Nothing is going to happen.
Buddy, it's already happening.

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RedJackson
07/15/21 8:39:38 AM
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Antifar posted...
Buddy, it's been already happening.


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LinkDaLunatic
07/15/21 8:40:08 AM
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SystemEgo posted...
That would stand to reason as the Moon controls the tides.
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sauceje
07/15/21 8:42:17 AM
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Solar_Crimson posted...
I am coming to the opinion that we may have to start taking drastic measures to correct things. Because the people in charge who have the power to do it are not interested in doing so, and we're the ones who will have to deal with the fallout once everything capsizes.
There are plenty of people in power just about everywhere in the world who decry global warming as bullshit. You may say people in charge need to take action against Brazil, but who's taking action against industries in the US/China doing just as much (if not even more) damage to the environment?

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thronedfire2
07/15/21 8:42:41 AM
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Pitlord_Special posted...
The way this is spun makes it feel like a propaganda piece.

Yes if you burn the forest down faster than it grows, you get more CO2 in the atmosphere than gets absorbed. Basically the equivalent of complaining about someone staining the carpet after they got stabbed in the gut.

I think the point is that maybe we shouldn't burn down the rainforest

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Antifar
07/15/21 8:43:23 AM
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sauceje posted...
There are plenty of people in power just about everywhere in the world who decry global warming as bullshit. You may say people in charge need to take action against Brazil, but who's taking action against industries in the US/China doing just as much damage to the environment?
When you're right, you're right.

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Graycap
07/15/21 8:44:36 AM
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VTBM posted...
Nothing is going to happen.

lol
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Alteres
07/15/21 8:47:26 AM
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Shit fuck ass.

Am I the only person it occurred to that he meant no ones going to do anything about it?.

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bigblu89
07/15/21 8:49:54 AM
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SSJCAT posted...
thats fucking dumb dude our planet and its resources arent invincible
Thats the exact point I was making.

People are fucking up the planet so bad that if there was a way for the earth to reset itself with, say, another ice age, now would be a great time for it to happen.

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RetsuZaiZen
07/15/21 8:49:57 AM
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This is concerning to say the least.

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sauceje
07/15/21 8:50:49 AM
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Alteres posted...
Shit fuck ass.

Am I the only person it occurred to that he meant no ones going to do anything about it?.
I'm pretty sure this is common knowledge by now

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Solar_Crimson
07/15/21 8:51:22 AM
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sauceje posted...
There are plenty of people in power just about everywhere in the world who decry global warming as bullshit. You may say people in charge need to take action against Brazil, but who's taking action against industries in the US/China doing just as much (if not even more) damage to the environment?
I'm including those industries as well. The US especially is very guilty, but this shit is global.

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Dark_SilverX
07/15/21 9:19:53 AM
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sadly the forest is cooking.

:/

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LightHawKnight
07/15/21 9:21:36 AM
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Already huh. Scientists were worried about this and didnt really think climate change would stop plants this fast.

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Squall28
07/15/21 9:22:23 AM
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I encourage everyone to donate to reforestation efforts.

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Son Of Spam
07/15/21 9:38:39 AM
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Squall28 posted...
I encourage everyone to donate to reforestation efforts.
I encourage everyone to significantly cut their consumption of animal products, especially meat. They aren't just burning down the Amazon for the hell of it. They're doing it because of humanity's insatiable hunger for meat.

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Dark_SilverX
07/15/21 9:40:10 AM
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Squall28 posted...
I encourage everyone to donate to reforestation efforts.
but lindsey graham need help

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Humble_Novice
07/15/21 9:55:06 AM
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Meanwhile, that tyrant Bolsonaro is at the hospital again: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jul/14/bolsonaro-brazil-hospital-hiccups
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