How Connected Is The World's Environment?
Drought in the Amazon causes huge uptick in greenhouse gas levels.
How big: An amount added to the atmosphere equal to the entire US annual release.
Scientific American explains here.
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
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I find it interesting that one dry year in the Amazon rain forests ultimately results in more CO2 emissions than produced by the entire United States. This exposes the futility of controlling atmospheric CO2 levels , let alone the future climate, by controlling human activities.
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