The Amazon Rainforest Now Emits More Greenhouse Gases Than It Absorbs

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/amazon-rainforest-now-emits-more-greenhouse-gases-it-absorbs-180977347/

Climate change and deforestation have transformed the ecosystem into a net source of planet-warming gases instead of a carbon sink

The Amazon rainforest may now emit more greenhouse gases than the famously lush ecosystem absorbs, according to new research.

Long considered to be a bulwark against climate change because of its capacity to absorb carbon dioxide, a new study suggests rising temperatures, increasing drought and rampant deforestation have likely overwhelmed the Amazon’s ability to absorb more greenhouse gases than it emits, reports Craig Welch for National Geographic.

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The article concludes thus............... “The main take away from this work,” she says, “should be a call to arms to prevent further degradation of the Amazon system.”  or is the complexity of what is involved beyond science at this time? Is the only choice available is that as a species, we need to adapt...Am I being to cynical? Let's hope that the science is wrong!

Would the science probability of attempting to "change the Earth's albedo by "seeding" clouds help in anyway if the probability and science of the article is correct? 

Edited March 28, 20214 yr by beecee