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Record-Breaking 2024 #AmazonFires Drive Unprecedented #CarbonEmissions
The emissions mark a sevenfold increase from the average of the previous two years.

Original story from European #Geosciences Union

https://www.technologynetworks.com/tn/news/record-breaking-2024-amazon-fires-drive-unprecedented-carbon-emissions-405513

Oh, the irony! 🔥🌳 Scientists predict Amazon fires will skyrocket CO₂ levels by 2024, but first, you'll need to slay the mighty #JavaScript and cookie dragon to access more wisdom. 📉🔓 Who knew clicking "enable" could save the world? 🌍💻
https://essopenarchive.org/doi/full/10.22541/essoar.175874118.83695562/v1 #AmazonFires #Cookies #ClimateChange #TechForGood #EnvironmentalIrony #HackerNews #ngated

Unprecedented role of Amazon fires in the record atmospheric CO₂ growth in 2024

https://essopenarchive.org/doi/full/10.22541/essoar.175874118.83695562/v1

#HackerNews #AmazonFires #CO2Growth #ClimateChange #2024 #EnvironmentalImpact #Sustainability

"To defend this rainforest, the soul of our country and a key to our planet’s survival, we volunteer to fight wildfires that put our lives at risk.

We are joining the PollutersPayPact to demand governments find the courage to impose significant taxes on the oil and gas corporations that literally fan the flames."

- Brazilian firefighter describes the horrors they've witnessed during #AmazonFires

It time to #MakePollutersPay >> https://www.greenpeace.org/international/story/74477/we-risk-our-lives-facing-amazon-wildfires-what-will-politicians-risk-to-make-the-polluters-behind-them-pay/?utm_campaign=stop-drilling-start-paying&utm_source=threads&utm_medium=social&utm_term=amazon&global_project=make-polluters-pay

Brazilian firefighter describes the horrors they've witnessed during #AmazonFires

"We risk our lives facing Amazon wildfires. What will politicians risk to make the polluters behind them pay?"

Read more: https://www.greenpeace.org/international/story/74477/we-risk-our-lives-facing-amazon-wildfires-what-will-politicians-risk-to-make-the-polluters-behind-them-pay/?utm_campaign=stop-drilling-start-paying&utm_source=threads&utm_medium=social&utm_term=amazon&global_project=make-polluters-pay

#MakePollutersPay

publication day of ⋆˙⟡ digital ecologies book ⟡˙⋆ - including our chapter with @lbngr @gabrielecolombo on #amazonfires and the online composition of ecological politics: https://jonathangray.org/2024/12/10/amazonfires #digitalecologies #amazonfires #digitalmethods

RT @[email protected]

Brazilian President Bolsonaro will be the chief guest at India's Republic Day on Jan 2020.

Few months ago, #AmazonFires & #PrayforAmazon was trending in India & Bolsonaro was responsible for those Fires.

Let's see how many Indians will react now, as Modi invited this RW maniac.

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/Advaidism/status/1194813254599491584

Corporations pile pressure on Brazil over #Amazonfires - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/aug/30/corporations-pile-pressure-on-brazil-over-amazon-fires-crisis corporations can be callous and evil, but they don't have to be. and sometimes, for whatever reasons, they do the right thing, as here...

RT @HollyWildChild
Week 32 of my #schoolstrike4climate in Fort William. #AmazonFires #FridaysForFuture

♲ @[email protected]: Abkommen #EU-#Mercosur verpflichtet nicht nur unsere südamerikanischen Partner zu mehr Klimaschutz sondern ist auch weiterer Eckpfeiler der internationalen regelbasierten Ordnung. Deshalb sollte es möglichst schnell ratifiziert werden und in Kraft treten. facebook.com/17909200009655…

pbs.twimg.com/media/EDEjHW5XUA… www.facebook.com/1790920000965…

Burning issue: how fashion's love of leather is fuelling the fires in the Amazon - https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2019/aug/29/burning-issue-how-fashions-love-of-leather-is-fuelling-the-fires-in-the-amazon important point #AmazonFires

Die eigenen Gouverneure stellen sich gegen Bolsonaro - https://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/jair-bolsonaro-brasiliens-praesident-wird-von-den-eigenen-gouverneure-kritisiert-a-1283970.html well done, them #AmazonFires

G7 leaders agree plan to help Amazon countries fight wildfires - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/aug/26/g7-leaders-agree-plan-to-help-amazon-countries-fight-wildfires only $20 million, but it's a start... #AmazonFires

It amazes me all the alarmism over the Amazon Fires lately. As someone who is a huge advocate of the environment and eco-friendly policies even I can easily dismiss the alarmism on this one with a little research.

Before I say what I'm about to say on this I want to point out, climate change is real, deforestation is a big issue, and the loss of life here (human and otherwise) deserves mourning.

With that said a few things.
1) This fires are not unusual in number or size in any way. Forest fires throughout the amazon and the rest of the world occur at this magnitude every single year during the dry season. In fact if we look at the past 15 years this year is not particularly high in any way.

2) Forrest fires, both intentional and natural are in fact good for the planet and eco system assuming their scale is not unusually high (which these are not). In fact they are BETTER than not having fires. The reason for this is forrest fire produce extremely nutrient rich soil that causes very fast growth the following year with high density. Sinc enew forests produce more O2 than old forests this is a good thing. Furthermore the ecosystems are evolved to need forest fires. Many trees can only spread their seeds during a forest fire.

Being a Data Scientist I feel compelled to back this up. I can think of many sources I could use from showing the fire map time lapse for the last 2 decades or other visualizations. But I think the best summary is the graph I attached to this post. You will see total CO2 emissions in brazil due to forest fires. This data is up to date as of this week. It is evident that the total mass of fires is not unusual high relative to the past 15 years. In fact it is actually much lower than the average during the previous decade.

#Amazon #AmazonFires #Science #DataScience #Facts

Ex-minister: Bolsonaro ‘most detested’ leader as he neglects the Amazon - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/aug/25/brazil-the-amazon-fires-bolsonaro #BolsonaroEnvergonhaOBrasil #AmazonFires

Mehr als 1500 neue Waldbrände am Amazonas - https://www.spiegel.de/panorama/brasilien-mehr-als-1500-neue-waldbraende-im-amazonas-a-1283535.html "Die Brände breiten sich weiter aus - betroffene Bundesstaaten schlagen Alarm." #AmazonFires

Brazilian protesters rail against Bolsonaro as Amazon fires rage on - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/aug/24/brazilian-protesters-bolsonaro-amazon-fires this is great - well done, #brazil #AmazonFires

Hier knüppelt die #Kohllizei Umweltschützer zusammen, und gleichzeitig regt sich Deutschland über die Rodungen im #Amazonas auf. 🙄

#HambacherForst #HambiBleibt #AmazonFires #PrayforAmazon

https://www.tagesspiegel.de/politik/streit-um-waldbraende-am-amazonas-wer-den-hambacher-forst-abholzt-darf-sich-ueber-brasilien-nicht-beschweren/24935386.html

G7 leaders to hold emergency talks over Amazon wildfires crisis - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/aug/23/ireland-could-oppose-trade-deal-brazil-fails-stop-amazon-fires-leo-varadkar “Brazil had stopped being a villain and it is now going back to being a pariah. We must stop this insanity” #AmazonFires

Jair Bolsonaro claims 'profound love' for Amazon rainforest as criticism intensifies - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/aug/24/jair-bolsonaro-claims-profound-love-for-amazon-rainforest-as-criticism-fires-intensifies important: shows he is vulnerable to pressure threatening trade deals like #mercosur #AmazonFires

♲ @[email protected]: Die Bundesregierung lehnt es ab, wegen der Waldbrände in Brasilien das Freihandelsabkommen mit dem südamerikanischen Wirtschaftsblock Mercosur zu blockieren. www.deutschlandfunk.de/bundesr…

Bolsonaro und die Feuer in Brasilien: Der Brandbeschleuniger - https://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/jair-bolsonaro-und-die-feuer-in-brasilien-der-brandbeschleuniger-a-1283296.html #AmazonFires