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 By: Hannah Meadows     The ocean has been changing more and more as the climate also changes. The article, “Climate Change Indicators: Oceans” discusses these changes. The article explains that the cause of the change in the oceans is greenhouse gases. Greenhouse gasses trap energy from the sun, then the oceans absorb the heat, which results in increased sea surface temperatures and rising sea levels. If ocean temperatures continue to change and currents then it will lead to alterations in climate patterns around the world. The EPA, Environmental Protection Agency, states, “Warmer waters may promote the development of stronger storms in the tropics, which can cause property damage and loss of life.” These changes in the ocean could greatly affect people living all around the world, but especially people who live in costal regions. Although climate change is the result of the oceans changing, the oceans are helping reduce climate change which could lead to another problem...

 When I read this article I found it so special and amazing. So I want to introduce it to you. This article is untitled “ Humans just 0.01% of all life but have destroyed 83% of wild mammals” by The guardian. Humans represent only 0.01% of all living species according to this study. And yet we are nearly 7.6 billion which is not negligible. Between plant species or land animals but what represents the most corresponds to the bacterial forms. According to this study, the species living in the oceans represent only 1% of the biomass. However, since the beginning of civilization, it is more than 83% of animal species that have been lost because of us. Indeed, humans have continued to transform the earth. The destruction of wild habitat for agriculture, logging and development, has led to the beginning of what scientists call the 6th mass extinction of life in the billion year history of the earth. This article is good because it is shocking and what is needed for us to change our beha...

Facts about water About 97 percent of all water on Earth is salt water. Only 3 percent is fresh water and most of that (2%) is frozen in polar caps and the remaining 1 percent is found in Lakes, rivers, streams, etc… Water is the only substance that is found naturally on Earth in 3 forms: liquid, gas and solid. Water moves around the Earth in a cycle. Water cycle has 5 parts: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, infiltration, and surface run-off. Each day the sun evaporates a trillion tons of water. Water regulates Earths water temperature. Frozen water is 9% lighter than liquid water. Which is why ice floats. About 66% of a human body consists of water. A single tree will move about 70 gallons of water from the soil to the atmosphere. Humans use more water each year. Americans use about 88 gallons of water per person each day. Which is 50 gallons more than the average European. It takes 50 gallons of water to produce 1 egg. Even 1 drip in a faucet can add up to hundreds of gallon...

  https://www.sciencenews.org/article/chemistry-recycling-plastic-landfills-trash-materials By: Brea Shipley            Just this year 50 million tons of hazardous waste has been thrown away globally. I found an article about the waste in the world and how it is affecting the land and air. I found how that in some places land slide of garbage cover peoples homes and even the people living there. When we do not recycling the waste that we are throwing out ends up in big landfills. This stuff could end up getting into our water systems, clogging drains causing flooding in our streets, put more pollution into the air from burning it, and many other things. The waste that we leave lying around is a huge part in greenhouse gasses which is a big part in climate change. This is something that needs to be stopped, we need to recycle more and clean up all of the waste that we have put into our environment. https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/immersive-story/2018/...

 Matheus Storck  We currently have a top 10 most endangered animals and you know how to protect them, a species is classified as threatened when its population drops between 50 and 70 percent and when its population has less than 250 mature individuals, when the population is so low its area of ​​occupation is not considered. There are more than 40 thousand species in the red line and more than 16 thousand are threatened with extinction. Below is a list of animals at serious risk of extinction: Javan rhinocerous Vaquita Mountain gorilla Tiger Asian Elephant Orangutans Leatherback turtles Snow Leopards Irrawaddy Dolphins Bluefin Tuna Only 67 Javan rhinos are estimated to remain in the world, making this critically endangered rhino species one of the most threatened large mammal species on Earth. Conservation International Rhino Foundation   IRF works with our local partner, the Rhino Foundation of Indonesia (Yayasan Badak Indonesia or YABI), and the staff of the Ujung Kulo...

 Kayla Karpe The oceans that are surrounding us are in danger. The marine life is struggling to survive due to the high percentage of trash that is being thrown into it. It is found that plastic pollution is the biggest killer in the ocean. The marine life are eating the plastic, which will later be on our plates. There is also the huge issue of over fishing that is causing there to be a significantly low number of fish in the seas. However, there are solutions that can possibly save the ocean and the marine life that live in it. Decreasing the number of fishermen will create a stop in the over fishing and will allow there to be wages for those fishermen.   https://www.greenpeace.org/usa/oceans/issues/  

  https://www.treehugger.com/wild-rabbits-help-save-ecosystems-5203254  We think to rabbits as animals that pest around are yards and ruin habitats in places including the US and others arounds the world. Well that is not the case where they are in the UK. Even with their grayish-brown coat and big floppy ears, rabbits has actually helped save ecosystems across the United Kingdom.  When rabbits graze, scratch and burrow while disturbing the ground and brush for food they eat, their movements however help the ecosystem. Their burrows and digging create areas of bare soil or short grassland which help out the rare plants and invertebrate plants that require that to grow. So Researchers have told livestock people to create mounds of dirt in order for rabbits to graze and create burrows or just graze the mound with their feet. This helps with many species including mosses, insects, and bird species. Without them, those species would have to move out or in turn die out if they...

                Food Contamination By: Cody Hughes In this article it talks about food contamination and how it poses an issue later in the future. It talks about microbial, chemical, and physical contamination in food. It then goes over how almost everyone in the world has or will get a waterborne or a food borne sickness in their life. Then it later goes on about how there are many more bacterial sickness that are passing around because of contaminated food. But lastly in this article it goes over how rare it is now of days it is to get safe and clean food. I think this is a big issue now into our days because people are putting things in our food and not giving it all there care and this will hurt us in the long run. Read the full article here https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5302336/

     After reading this article, the complicated process of desalination comes into play due to the water shortage in the western part of the United States with the wells drying up in California, Colorado River thinning, and the levels of Lake Mead and Powell decreasing. Desalination is a ‘sustainable way to replenish our water cycle’ which was wrote by a European Commission-backed study, but the process is very energy-intensive and costly. Read more about this article to see how desalination can be helpful, but also harmful to the environment we live in: https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solutions/2021/09/28/desalination-saltwater-drought-water-crisis/

 In today's world many people don't know about the crazy facts about extinction. According to the link I have provided below we are going through our sixth period of plant and animal mass extinction. Crazy enough this is our worst one without any comparison since dinosaurs almost 65 million years ago. According to scientists we are losing tens of species completely vanishing from earth as we know it everyday. For more information and interesting facts you can click the link below. Extinction Facts by World Animal Foundation

  The climate crisis is a water crisis is dealing with the “poorest and most vulnerable communities” according to the article. Between floods in Europe and China to droughts in Madagascar. Why is this occurring though? Many believe that the climate change is playing a role into this issue. One out of every ten people don’t have clean water. The climate changes is causing a dramatic issue in natural water disasters as well as livelihood water needs.  Link to article: https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/opinion/climate-crisis-clean-water-sanitation-b1923308.html  

I came across this article in my hunt for energy from deep sea wells but found this one too good to not share.  I really like it because there are often criticisms of oil or petroleum for energy sources and the scars on our land and seascape the leftover rigs leave when there wells run dry.  Scientists have found that thee ocean rigs are ideal for coral reef development and have made large man-made marine habitats. These artificial reefs are helping the ocean ecosystems as the natural reefs are diminishing.  I felt like this topic fell into the category of both energy and conservation.  Utilizing the leftover energy rigs for ocean life is a great way of repurosing. The subsea structures are a vertical spine that gradually turn into reefs over time (Credit: Alamy) When offshore rigs become defunct, they can either be left in place and maintained for wildlife, or dismantled (Credit: Alamy) Displaced fish will often return to their home platforms, which provide a safe a...

 Check out this article for a look into what is transforming the agriculture industry in 2021. There are many different topics and trends mentioned such as animal vaccines, attracting new people, increased income for small farmers, crop monitoring/other technologies, focus on tariffs, food safety, hemp production, interaction with clients, and water use. All of these things affect Agriculture today.  I thought it was neat how they included many different topics for a variety of different outlooks.  https://linchpinseo.com/trends-in-the-agriculture-industry/

 Back south in San Antonio Texas, there is a huge part of the land that has been mined for many, many years and the land has yet to be restored even though that was apart of the contract signed and is also apart of Federal Laws. Due to this their land experiences a lot of hardship, like it is constantly in and out of droughts along with constant dead zones, and there was also high levels of arsenic along with other chemicals that are unsafe for human exposer. This just happened in one area along with many more but what will happen if this problem continues else where? What can we do to make sure the problem doesn't keep spreading around our land.  how-texas-lets-coal-companies-leave-behind-contaminated-land  

 This article outlines the energy infrastructure that Africa momentarily does not possess to the degree that should be required of modern-day society. We see a continental lack of energy and lack of electricity avabile to the citizens of the said continent. " Some 600 million people in Africa don't have access to energy - limiting their ability to start and run businesses" This staggering amount is near to double the entire population of the united states. If you want to learn more about the introduction of clean energy into Africa below is the article that I highly recommend reading. -Konnor T. Wright CLICK HERE FOR LINK

 I think this would be a great idea for crops and farming! Think about water if the crops got water everyday not all the time just everyday. It would increase our crop percentage by 50%. That’s if we put a sprinkler system out or however we wanted to do that. You could take a crop duster everyday and also dump water on it from the sky. Just imagine if we were better at growing crops and we’re honestly very good at it already so imagine if we just got better at it. The economy would be booming! 

  One of the easiest and most effective ways to help wildlife is to preserve the environment in which the animals live.  Volunteer with organizations in your area to restore native forests, grasslands, and coastal ecosystems by planting native species, manually removing invasive plant species, and taking out old fences.  Participate in or hold your own local trash clean-up to help protect the habitats of imperiled species and other wildlife.  Reduce, reuse, recycle!  Reduce Manufacturing consumer products and natural resources, which then leads to reducing waste and pollution. When we consume less, we need fewer natural resources and produce less waste. Some waste, like plastic bags and bottles, can make its way into wild lands and oceans, with negative consequences for endangered species and other animals. Reduce or eliminate your use of single-use plastics, which are difficult to recycle and persist in the environment for decades.  Reuse, do not throw it ...

  Shake it up!!! Being from the Midwest sometimes I feel don’t understand the environmental changes going on around the world like those in coastal regions.  I explored the topic of fracking because of the recent earthquakes in Kansas and Oklahoma.  I found it interesting that between 2014 and 2017 that area experienced more earthquakes than California.  Around 2013 is when Kansas began fracking for oil. For those of you that may not know fracking is where they inject some type of liquid, usually wastewater, deep into the earth to force open small existing holes in order to extract oil or gas.  I recently watched a disaster film 10.0 magnitude that evolved around the extremes of what deep fracking can do.  Check it out if you are interested! I think this article if anything has opened my eyes to what could be right in our own backyard. I noticed that Kansas has had put legislation in motion to help mitigate the earthquakes and hopefully keep the big ones...

 Kayla Karpe  Water pollution has been affecting this earth for many years. So long that there is the Clean Water Act in 1972. However, this bill has been reversed and reversed time and time again. The Obama administration in 2015 had promoted this bill to decrease the pollution in the waters. On the other side, when Donald J. Trump came into presidency he had a change of mind. President Trump had finalized a policy that allowed for water pollution to be acceptable in the upland streams. Now with Biden in office the Trump's law has now been reversed once again so then it can protect the water supplies that are especially in New Mexico and Arizona, that is mainly near the Native Tribes.  https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/30/climate/federal-judge-trump-water-pollution.html 

 By: Hannah Meadows      In the article “What a Waste: An Updated Look into the Future of Solid Waste Management”, it discusses the major affects of waste disposal and the statistics of it. It is stated that 90% of waste is openly dumped and burned in low- income countries. The poor is suffering the most repercussions of our actions. World Bank Director for Urban and Territorial Development, Sameh Wahba, explained, “Poorly managed waste is contaminating the world’s oceans, clogging drains and causing flooding, transmitting diseases, increasing respiratory problems from burning, harming animals that consume waste unknowingly, and affecting economic development such as through tourism.” All of these problems affect every part of the world and every living thing in it. People usually do not think about how much waste they are producing because it is easy to throw something away and never think about it again. However, once you throw it away, it is never really gone, it ...

 Matheus Storck Paúra    There are many natural resources on earth, such as air, soil, plants, minerals, water and wildlife. Conservation is the protection and care of these resources for everyone today and in the future. The search for the sustainable use of nature by man, for activities such as hunting, logging or mining, while preservation means protecting nature from human use. However, due to the large population growth these resources are increasing at rates and making them unsustainable, thus leading to loss of biodiversity which destroys the habitat of other beings, climate changes, outbreaks. The extinction of species is related to the decline of biodiversity.    Conservation practices and policies - ranging from the removal of invasive species, a reserve of protected land for wildlife and plants, to the establishment of the US Endangered Species Act (ESA) - have been put into practice to combat these pressures of conservation. extinction. Thousands of ...

 Biofuels have been around longer than cars. As a fuel source that is much more efficient than cheap gasoline, we need to move towards making this the primary source in the upcoming years.  Global biofuel output needs to triple by 2030 in order to meet the   i nternational energy agency’s targets for  sustainable growth. Gas emissions from personal transport, public transport, and delivery/shipping accounts for about a 4th of the worlds CO2 emissions. Transportation is too reliant on fossil fuel usage, so converting to a biofuel option would then move us in a direction to rebuild and grow.  Ethan Smith https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/article/biofuel

 Scientists have no clue how many animal species are alive and how many that could've became extinct and we had no clue. That is crazy to think of. As of now there are many endangered species whether that is from loss of habitat from natural disasters or many other causes. Another cause from the loss of habitat is from humans. Humans create development for housing, industry and agriculture and by doing this  can destroy habitats of these animals causing many of them to die and become an endangered species causing these animals to live in a controlled environment. Down below I will link a website where you can find more about how these animals are losing their habitats in various ways. endangered species | National Geographic Society

     https://medium.com/@jordonoliver/how-did-the-american-dream-result-in-urban-sprawl-1ba73fcf5eda By: Brea Shipley        The article that I found was about Urban Sprawl by Timothy Egan. Urban Sprawl is when urban areas grow rapidly, and do not seem to be restricted. IN this article they talked bout the western states and what is going on in them because of it. It can cause many different things to happen. Such as, more air pollution, loss of open space, deforestation, and many other things. The reason this causes air pollution is because the more houses we put up the more pollution we are putting in the pair by making them and then whatever comes from them when people move in. It is causing more deforestation because we need the wood and space to build and put these houses. It also talks about how this is causing us to make more roads and take up more space and cause more pollution with those. In most places in the west the air can get so bad that ...

Potable water or rather, drinkable water as we know it comes from a lot of different sources. But first let's see where ALL the water comes from Here is a list of water sources: - Oceans 97.2% - Ice Caps/Glaciers 2.0% - Groundwater 0.62% - Freshwater Lakes 0.009% - Inland Seas/Salt Lakes 0.008% - Atmosphere 0.001% - Rivers 0.0001% As we can see, water in rivers is the least common on Earth. Used to be a higher percentage, but because of our high pollution output, this has changed drastically The  United States Geological Survey   provides a visual illustration (represented in spheres) as to the amount of available water in comparison to the size of the earth. The largest sphere represents all of the water on earth (oceans, ice caps, lakes, rivers, groundwater) and has a volume of 332,500,000 cubic miles. The second-largest sphere, with a volume of 2,551,100 cubic miles, represents the earth’s freshwater supply in liquid form.    99% of the liquid freshwater is ground...

 For this second blog, I want to speak about the issue of the degradation of Land. For that, I found a truly interesting site which is untitled  “Gef30”. If we read that, we can understand a lot of thing about the Land’s degradation. This phenomena is one of the world’s most pressing environmental problems and it will worsen without rapid remedial action. Indeed, the fact is that about 25% of the global land area has been degraded. Because of that, soil carbon and nitrous oxide is released into the atmosphere (about 24 billions tons of fertil soil lost per year. We must be careful because if this phenomenon continues, in 2050, 90% of the Earth’s area could become degraded. This could be very bad. Indeed, in 2050, the global population will rise to attempt about 9.7 billions of people with a great demand in term of food and agricultural product. But the real question is : Could we meet our needs with the degradation of the Earth? https://www.thegef.org/topics/land-degradation R...

    Why don’t we just move water to solve a drought? Apparently, this was a suggestion that was made by a candidate in California’s gubernatorial recall election to solve a drought situation by trying to connecting a pipeline from the Mississippi River to the Golden State. This idea was shut down by two drought experts saying that this is dangerous, not realistic, and very complicated to do because of the infrastructure would be expensive and more energy intensive. The map below is a U.S.     Drought Monitor map and it shows the western part of the U.S. is experiencing drought more than 98% while the Northeast is experiencing 15% of the land under a drought and the Southeast is only at 8%. If you want to read more about this, click on this link for the article:  https://www.kxan.com/news/why-cant-we-just-move-water-to-solve-a-drought/ Kaitlyn “KK” Kongdara 

     There are large floating turbines being developed on the off coast of Japan. Shell Oil Company is advancing floating turbines so that they can be installed in deeper waters as compared to the bottom-fixed ones hooked into close coastal regions. These turbines are expected to generate more than 200,000 megawatts See the great each year, this should be enough to power a little over 50,000 homes. With only six turbines this seems highly promising for the future of green and renewable energy. -Konnor T. Wright PRESS HERE FOR ARTICLE

Zachary Karim  When I work on farms I knew that the cattle I was raising was going to feed someone in the future. When we look at how we expand city’s out it cutting downs the land we could have used to help feed more people around the world. It’s happen all around the world we destroy land to make more building that are going to hurt the environment way more then we will be doing if he have used it for farm land.  A key challenge for the agriculture sector is to feed an increasing global population, while at the same time reducing the environmental impact and preserving natural resources for future generations. Agriculture can have significant impacts on the environment. While negative impacts are serious, and can include pollution and degradation of soil, water, and air, agriculture can also positively impact the environment, for instance by trapping greenhouse gases within crops and soils, or mitigating flood risks through the adoption of certain farming practices. https://...

  https://www.wildlifeconservationtrust.org/the-curious-case-of-indias-wildlife-corridors/ There is a conservation non profit organization called Wildlife Conservation Trust that helps with wildlife in India. They help with where animals cross roads in parts of India. There is this thing called a corridor where animals roam around in India. A corridor is simply a narrow strip of where natural habitat, such as forest, has managed to survive and is still suitable for wild animals to use and move between forest blocks to forest blocks. The only problem that India has on these corridors is that it is so small that animals have to go through roads in India and you know what happens, they get killed by on coming traffic from people driving cars and speeding on the highway. These animals include tigers, wolves, hyenas, ratel, birds, and many more.  The most important corridor in India are the tigers. Tiger corridors serve as habitat to many species including pangolins and reptiles. T...

By: Cody Hughes Our food system now of days really affects our health many ways I feel. There is so many things that go into our food that we don't know about. I read this article and it helped me learn a lot. Some of the things it talked about in it were the way industrial equipment has effect the food and out health. In this section it talks about pesticides what I went over in my last blog and it went over fertilizer in the water. Another big thing it talked about in this article was the factory farms and how it risks our health. In this part it talked about the ground water and surface water contamination that happens. It also brings up the problem with air pollution. But in this it talks about a lot of other interesting things. If you want to read more about this the link to this article is https://foodprint.org/issues/how-our-food-system-affects-public-health/

A geyser has reappeared in Yellowstone. The gushing water is actually a mystery of why it happened. What we do know is that as of right now it is the tallest water geyser recorder in the world. It is also questioned if the geyser was do to a steamboat in the water that had a large malfunction prior to the water explosion.  Article: https://www.sciencenews.org/article/yellowstone-steamboat-geyser-reawakened-no-eruption  

You might be wondering what even is land degradation? Well so was I until I found out it is a   process in which the value of the biophysical environment is affected by a combination of human-induced processes acting upon the land.  Land  degradation is a huge factor in our world that tend to not be talked about as much as it should be. So far globally the land is 25% degraded and if this trend continues 95% of the land can end up this way by 2050. Also globally about 3.2 billion people are affected by this, especially our farmers. Land degradation affects our soils carbon and nitrous oxide is released into the atmosphere, making land degradation one of the biggest factors to climate change. Read more about it and what we can do to help in the article below.  land-degradation

      This article explains the reasons why malnutrition is becoming more of an issue around the world. It is not because of a lack of food, but rather a lack of demand for food due to interuption of work and other environmental activities such as hotels, schools, and restaurants. Therefore, food goes to waste because we are making the food but not transporting it. This article also touches on the topic of COVID-19 causes unemployment. It is expected to lay off millions of workers. The UN agency estimates that 820 million individuals will be expected to suffer from hunger, worldwide by the end of the year. While home cooking has expanded due to covid and quarentining, the idea of nutrition has not. This pandemic has demonstrated how fragile global supply chains are.         I liked the idea from the article about cooking at home. I have definately started cooking at home a lot more once the pandemic hit and I am sure a lot more people have too, wh...

 By: Hannah Meadows      Deforestation is a growing environmental problem. However, deforestation causes many other problems such as extinction. In the article, “Deforestation: Clearing The Path For Wildlife Extinctions”, it explains the main causes of deforestation and the species that are affected by it. The author of the article is the World Animal Foundation who is committed to saving the environment and educating people about environmental issues.      The World Animal Foundation explains that as the populations of the world grow, more land is needed for agriculture. The land needed for agriculture comes from the destruction of forests. The modern farming industry has continued to use animal agribusiness instead of vegetable farming which would be more sustainable. The World Animal Foundation states that it takes 12 times as much land to produce a pound of animal protein compared to a pound of plant protein.     Another problem discussed...

   Scientists do not know exactly how many species of plants, animals and other living beings exist, they know that there are billions of species but that due to extinction this number will soon decline. We know that some species are almost reaching or have reached zero of their total population because of us humans. Extinction can occur due to environmental factors or evolutionary problems, extinction up to a certain point is natural but we humans are major contributors due to hunting, pollution, destroying their habitats in rural areas for the construction of an urban area. The world has already gone through 5 mass extinctions and it could be now, scientists say we could be going through 6 and it could be the fastest they could end up with up to 5 species a year.    Humans are largely responsible for the marked trend. "The slow rise in surface temperatures caused by high levels of greenhouse gases will likely cause many species to move towards the Earth's poles and...

Kayla Karpe   In the article,"EPA to Revise Outdated Water Pollution Standards for Slaughterhouses" written by Greta Moran speaks about how the slaughterhouses that create production of the meat people eat is causing pollution of nitrogen and phosphates in the waters close to people of color's communities. It was found that large companies such as Tyson are contributing to this pollution. Specifically, in North Carolina one of the rivers surrounded by a community of people of color, has a significantly large amount of pollutants, including nitrogen and phosphate, almost over a million pounds. Not only is it affecting the water, but also those in the community because the water is taking a physical impact. The water has a murky color filled with algae. The stench of the water fill the air. When those see the water they know to stay away. All of this is due to the production of meat that is having its toxins spilled into a waterway. https://civileats.com/2021/09/13/epa-to-r...

  Drinkable Water Image source: https://worldwaterreserve.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/global-water-volume-fresh-large.jpg Water surrounds our planet for about 70% of its surface. Yet only 3% of all that water on earth is known to be drinkable. Sadly most of this water is inaccessible locked away deep inside unexplored caves or stuck inside polar ice caps. But on top of that, most of that water is already too polluted to drink anymore, leaving us with only 0.4% drinkable water left known to humans. Which all has to be shared among 7 billion humans and other animals to survive.  (World Atlas, 2018) As we are drinking every day to hydrate ourselves, our sources of drinkable water becomes scarcer and scarcer, leaving us with less every year at an alarming rate as we might eventually run out of drink-water unless we can find or create a new, efficient, affordable source for our drinkable water. Here we are, in 2021, still looking for better sources of drinkable water for...

 If we look at the article established on the site "Pachamama.org" which is called "the effects of deforestation", we can realize that what man is doing to the earth is wrong and leads directly to its loss.  Deforestation began when man decided to take an interest in agriculture and needed more land without trees to support livestock. This is where deforestation was born. What is deforestation? According to the United States Environmental Protection Agency, it is the permanent elimination of forests. This destruction is carried out by deliberate, natural or accidental means. 80% of this phenomenon is due to extensive cattle breeding and logging for materials and development. The greatest concentration of tree destruction is currently in the Amazon rainforest and the consequences are numerous. Indeed, it is the cause of climate change, desertification, soil erosion, floods and the increase of greenhouse gases. In addition, deforestation is responsible for the loss of...

                                                                                                      https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/06/world/americas/amazon-deforestation-brazil.html                                                                                                By: Brea Shipley         I looked over an article from Times about the deforestation of the Amazon rainforest b...