Fire
The fires blazing in the Amazon for the past few weeks are a worrying sign of a climate change tipping point. More than 10 years ago, H.J. Schellnhube, climatologist at the Potsdam Institute, identified numerous climate tipping points. Each of these (there are now 16) creates a self-reinforcing feedback loop in the climate system, which perpetuates global warming. In the case of the Amazon, climate change dries out the rainforest, which results in more fires, which release carbon into the atmosphere and also reduce carbon absorption by the forest, resulting in more climate warming. It’s a dangerous vicious cycle.
— Wayne Visser
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