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I don't doubt that the increase in logging and cattle farming in Amazonia particularly during the Bolsonaro administration has increased exponentially. The Amazon is a lawless and practically ungovernable region. Reading these articles however, I always think about the wetlands and forested areas around Huntsville being filled and cut down for strip centers and housing. There are obviously no controls in place here at all.Another article on the Amazon being changed-
The Amazon Rainforest Now Emits More Greenhouse Gases Than It Absorbs
Climate change and deforestation have transformed the ecosystem into a net source of planet-warming gases instead of a carbon sink
There’s this
www.al.com
I think what it was, was his reaction to this. It'll come up again on local news...There’s this
Alabama climate skeptic booted from EPA science board
Alabama State Climatologist John Christy was a controversial addition to the EPA's Science Advisory Board during the Trump Administration.
Also, R410 and R32 are still around and are - surprise - flourinated hydrocarbons.
The fact remains that there has been enough progress made so that the ozone hole will be repaired by mid-century, 2060s at the latest. However, we now have to worry about CO2 and, worse, CH4...
Yes, and people don't realize that the warming holds the seeds of the next ice age, nor that what we're living in is the "most recent interglacial." Warm the arctic enough and shut down the North Atlantic Current and welcome to the next ice age. There's a lot of evidence that it happens suddenly - like frozen mammoths with fresh vegetation in their mouths and stomachs...
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According to another article I read, this is a 77 acre pond 25 feet deep. That's a pretty good size lake. It's hard to imagine how the retaining wall got in this poor condition without being noticed.Florida Gov. DeSantis declares a state of emergency for Tampa-area water waste issue
Florida's Manatee County Public Safety Department has ordered a complete evacuation of the Piney Point reservoir site and surrounding areas due a leak that could cause a collapse of phosphogypsum stacks, waste that is created during fertilizer production and phosphate rock mining.
my guess would be due to an obsession with de-regulation.
Going to be another nasty fire season out west this year.
