Simultaneous World Wildfires devastating forests

[Kowani]

The Amazon is a rainforest. It's supposed to be too wet to catch fire. Something weird is going on here.

I assume it relates to climate change, but what about the deforestation? Did that cause the fire to be more severe, or less so?

“Conservationists have blamed Mr Bolsonaro for the Amazon's plight, saying he has encouraged loggers and farmers to clear the land, and scientists say the rainforest has suffered losses at an accelerated rate since he took office in January.”

[Jean-Paul Sartre]

My first thread on this account was about us being doomed as a species. All I can say is, “Called it.”

[Samudera Darussalam]

The Amazon is a rainforest. It's supposed to be too wet to catch fire. Something weird is going on here.

I assume it relates to climate change, but what about the deforestation? Did that cause the fire to be more severe, or less so?

“Conservationists have blamed Mr Bolsonaro for the Amazon's plight, saying he has encouraged loggers and farmers to clear the land, and scientists say the rainforest has suffered losses at an accelerated rate since he took office in January.”

What do they plant in the ex-Amazon lands anyway? Rice?

[Kowani]

“Conservationists have blamed Mr Bolsonaro for the Amazon's plight, saying he has encouraged loggers and farmers to clear the land, and scientists say the rainforest has suffered losses at an accelerated rate since he took office in January.”

What do they plant in the ex-Amazon lands anyway? Rice?

Cattle, actually.

[Samudera Darussalam]

What do they plant in the ex-Amazon lands anyway? Rice?

Cattle, actually.

So, they are turning it into meadows?

[Sodoran Alesia]

What do they plant in the ex-Amazon lands anyway? Rice?

Cattle, actually.

Lol what? So while Bolsonaro is lecturing to us about how you should poop every other day to reduce emissions, he's letting people burn the rainforest for methane producing cattle? What a hypocrite.

Source:https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-49304358

[Kowani]

Cattle, actually.

So, they are turning it into meadows?

I believe so.

Cattle, actually.

Lol what? So while Bolsonaro is lecturing to us about how you should poop every other day to reduce emissions, he's letting people burn the rainforest for methane producing cattle? What a hypocrite.

Source:https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-49304358

…What in the unholy name of fuck.

[Samudera Darussalam]

Cattle, actually.

Lol what? So while Bolsonaro is lecturing to us about how you should poop every other day to reduce emissions, he's letting people burn the rainforest for methane producing cattle? What a hypocrite.

Source:https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-49304358

You see, the cattles do poop

[Jolthig]

Very much so this is alarming as it will accelerate the upcoming climate change fueled by man.

[Costa Fierro]

Cattle, actually.

So, they are turning it into meadows?

Pasture.

Also OP, Spain has wildfires every summer. Granted they're not normally on the Canary Islands but Spain, along with most of Southern Europe, normally catches fire during the summer months.

[Pacomia]

Very much so this is alarming as it will accelerate the upcoming climate change fueled by man.

Yeah, we’re too late already. Might as well get used to warmer weather.

Oh, and Greenland not existing.

[Kowani]

So, they are turning it into meadows?

Pasture.

Also OP, Spain has wildfires every summer. Granted they're not normally on the Canary Islands but Spain, along with most of Southern Europe, normally catches fire during the summer months.

I know-I’m from Spain. But the Canaries don’t normally catch on fire, nor are they of this size.

[Jolthig]

Very much so this is alarming as it will accelerate the upcoming climate change fueled by man.

Yeah, we’re too late already. Might as well get used to warmer weather.

Oh, and Greenland not existing.

Sadly so, though we could reap the "benefits" of this change by switching to renewable energy.

[Samudera Darussalam]

So, they are turning it into meadows?

I believe so.

Certainly not worth it, like what companies do to peatland forests in my country. Turning the functions of forests for cattle-raising lands or plantations are maybe profitable, but not worth it if we compare it to the harmful effects they caused.

[New haven america]

I believe so.

Certainly not worth it, like what companies do to peatland forests in my country. Turning the functions of forests for cattle-raising lands or plantations are maybe profitable, but not worth it if we compare it to the harmful effects they caused.

They don't care.

Money>Environment.

[New haven america]

Yeah, we’re too late already. Might as well get used to warmer weather.

Oh, and Greenland not existing.

Sadly so, though we could reap the "benefits" of this change by switching to renewable energy.

Cue the people complaining about how renewable energy is worthless and we can only have nuclear energy and nothing else.

[Costa Fierro]

I know-I’m from Spain. But the Canaries don’t normally catch on fire, nor are they of this size.

Different vegetation?

[Sapientia Et Bellum]

This isn't necessarily a bad thing tbh, the burning of large pieces of natural ecosystem can sometimes be rather healthy for the ecosystems allowing for newer and healthier plants to rise out of the extremely fertile soil

[Sapientia Et Bellum]

Sadly so, though we could reap the "benefits" of this change by switching to renewable energy.

Cue the people complaining about how renewable energy is worthless and we can only have nuclear energy and nothing else.

T H O R I U M

[Kowani]

I know-I’m from Spain. But the Canaries don’t normally catch on fire, nor are they of this size.

Different vegetation?

Dunno, never been. Besides-my province is full of mountains. So…probably.

This isn't necessarily a bad thing tbh, the burning of large pieces of natural ecosystem can sometimes be rather healthy for the ecosystems allowing for newer and healthier plants to rise out of the extremely fertile soil

Perhaps. But, well, this isn’t natural.

[Costa Fierro]

This isn't necessarily a bad thing tbh, the burning of large pieces of natural ecosystem can sometimes be rather healthy for the ecosystems allowing for newer and healthier plants to rise out of the extremely fertile soil

That assumes that the ecosystem present requires fire to regenerate and reproduce. Fire can be beneficial where it is necessary. Not sure about Siberia and other places with large tracts of conifer and pine forests, but the Amazon isn't supposed to be on fire, although wildfires in of themselves are not unusual and even expected in Brazil given there's a variety of biomes there, including dry ones.

[New haven america]

This isn't necessarily a bad thing tbh, the burning of large pieces of natural ecosystem can sometimes be rather healthy for the ecosystems allowing for newer and healthier plants to rise out of the extremely fertile soil

Not when the area that's burning is the largest forest in the world that's being purposefully burned down to make room for cattle farming, which produces more carbon, methane, and runoff than most cars could ever hope to do.

Also, Amazon Rainforest destruction is reaching a point where it will be irreversible and will probably lead to the complete destruction of the entire place.

[Kowani]

This isn't necessarily a bad thing tbh, the burning of large pieces of natural ecosystem can sometimes be rather healthy for the ecosystems allowing for newer and healthier plants to rise out of the extremely fertile soil

That assumes that the ecosystem present requires fire to regenerate and reproduce. Fire can be beneficial where it is necessary. Not sure about Siberia and other places with large tracts of conifer and pine forests, but the Amazon isn't supposed to be on fire, although wildfires in of themselves are not unusual and even expected in Brazil given there's a variety of biomes there, including dry ones.

Well, Siberia’s Fire is due to illegal logging, so I don’t think that’s supposed to happen.

[Sapientia Et Bellum]

This isn't necessarily a bad thing tbh, the burning of large pieces of natural ecosystem can sometimes be rather healthy for the ecosystems allowing for newer and healthier plants to rise out of the extremely fertile soil

Not when the area that's burning is the largest forest in the world that's being purposefully burned down to make room for cattle farming, which produces more carbon, methane, and runoff than most cars could ever hope to do.

Also, Amazon Rainforest destruction is reaching a point where it will be irreversible and will probably lead to the complete destruction of the entire place.

Oh well, we have been on this path since the agricultural revolution.... the best thing to do now is to get off this rock before time runs out... The earth is doomed, face it

[New haven america]

I know-I’m from Spain. But the Canaries don’t normally catch on fire, nor are they of this size.

Different vegetation?

Yep, most of the islands are either desert or tropical, with plants that are used to dealing with extreme temps and weather.