The Amazon Rainforest is known to be a home to millions of different species, from plants,
to animals, to even some indigenous tribes.
It’s been referred to as the Earth’s lungs, because it produces 20% of the oxygen in it’s
atmosphere.
About half the size of the United States of America, the Amazon Rainforest has a huge
impact on slowing down global warming, and the world as a whole.
But recently, wildfires have gotten so out of control, cities have been completely blacked
out, with smoke from the fires covering their skies.
It seems as of now, the Brazilian government and president Bolsonaro isn’t stepping in
to slow down the fires, and up until quite recently, news stations weren’t covering
the story either.
In hopes of raising awareness about how important the Amazon Rainforest really is, we decided
to answer the question What If The Amazon Rainforest Burned Down?
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I’ll be responding to some comments at the end of this video as well, but for now, let’s
talk about the Amazon Rainforest and it’s importance to us.
As previously mentioned, the Amazon Rainforest is home to millions of different species,
ranging from plants, to small insects and bugs, to much larger animals and some humans.
Of course, if the Rainforest burned down, all of these species would lose their permanent
home.
But that’s just a small part of what would potentially happen.
According to the World Wildlife Fund, also known as the WWF, if the Amazon reaches a
point of no return, it could become so dried out that instead of generating oxygen, it
could start emitting carbon, which would expedite the process of climate change, something we’ve
been trying to slow down for years.
But the Amazon Rainforest is also known for bringing rain to surrounding regions, and
according to a report from 2012 from the website scientific american.com, “Deforestation
in the Amazon could sharply reduce rainfall in nonforested parts of southern Brazil, a
rich agricultural area, as well as Paraguay and Uruguay” The lack of rain could also
lead to a drought, which would mean less drinking water and it would make it much harder for
farmers to harvest crops.
The irony here, is that the same farmers are known for intentionally burning their fields
to clear space for crops when the time comes.
The reality though, is that many people don’t seem to care to much about things happening
on the other side of the world.
If it doesn’t affect them directly, they’ll send out a tweet praying for those affected,
and will stop there.
But what if the Amazon Rainforest could possibly hold a cure for cancer?
Something that affects millions and millions of people world wide, and is statistically
proven to affect approximately 1 in 3 men in the US during their life time.
As crazy as it may sound, some believe a possible cure is hiding somewhere in there.
It’s believed close to 90 percent of human illness and disease are treated with prescriptions
that come from natural sources, and 25% of all drugs are derived from rainforest plants,
according to South American vacations.com.
This includes things such as molds, snake venom and various different flowers and plants.
What’s even more interesting is that less than 5% of the plants in the Amazon have been
studied for the potential medicinal effects they could have.
But if we were to lose the Amazon Rainforest, we’d never know for sure what other diseases
we could have possibly treated.
Now as scary as these scenarios are, they maybe become a reality if we don’t do something
to stop the Amazon Rainforest from burning down.
Although wildfires are known to be quite normal, the climate of the Amazon usually stops them
from spreading to much.
Recently, however, that hasn’t been the case, and the Amazon Rainforest has been burning
for about 3 weeks.
According to Brazil’s National Institute for Space Research, more than an entire soccer
field and a half of Amazon Rainforest is being burned every minute of every day.
Or over 2 acres of land, every minute, every day, is now burning down.
This is clearly an issue that needs to be dealt with sooner than later.
And it seems as of now, the Brazilian government is going to do much to slow the process.
If you’d like to do something to help the cause, I’d say educate people.
Tell your friends, family, and even share all the facts on social media.
The more people that know about what’s going on, the more of a chance we have to effectively
do something that can help our planet.
For whatever reason, not many news outlets have been covering this story up until quite
recently.
As previously mentioned, these fires have been burning for about 3 weeks, and up until
just a few days ago, not many outlets have covered the story.
Even now, although the likes of CNN and BBC have covered it, there hasn’t been any coverage
on the likes of Fox News and The Wall Street Journal, some of the United State’s biggest
news outlets.
But if enough people do start talking about this, eventually they’ll be forced to start
raising awareness as well.
As always, we love hearing from you guys so please drop us some comments below with your
thoughts on this situation.
How long do you think it’ll be before the world’s leaders come together and decide
they need to do everything in their power to put an end to this ? Hopefully it happens
sooner than later, but for now, let’s continue spreading the word.
And before I wrap this video up, I’m going to respond to some comments from the video
Are We Living In the Matrix?
THE IMMORTAL SUPER BEING SAID I asked this question a few time so I'm glad it's getting
done now.
Now excuse me while I try to find the cheat codes.
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