Droughts could turn Amazon basin from greenhouse gas eater to source of gases

Sunday, February 6th 2011 - 20:43 UTC

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A long-lasting drought that affected the Amazon Rain Forest last year was worse than the once-in-a-lifetime drought that the region suffered in 2005, and a team of British and Brazilian scientists say it may have a bigger impact on global warming than the US does in a year. Read full article

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briton
Not being an expert on this things but if the trees breath in carbon monoxide and breath out air, and humans breath in air, and out carbon monoxide, and as we need air to survive, is it not very silly to destroy the very thing that helps to keep us alive, and considering we also need water to live, yet we pollute all the waterways, should we then not be pulling our finger out sharpest before we all drop dead ???????
Feb 07th, 2011 - 12:02 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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DennisA
Lewis is the guy who works for WWF and was involved in the Amazongate issue last year. Droughts in the Amazon have come and gone over millennia. We were recently told that Brazil had had record rainfall, which of course will be down to global warming as well.
Feb 07th, 2011 - 10:12 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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briton
its seems then these so called experts are more confused than we are lol
Feb 07th, 2011 - 12:21 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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