Climate Letter #1497

Amazon fires explained:  what are they, why are they so damaging, and how can we stop them?  Two professors of Conservation Science, writing for The Conversation, provide unusual information and expert analysis at a very high level.  Solutions are known and available, but all of them involve “approaches that the current Brazilian administration seems intent on destroying.”

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An editorial in The Atlantic has further commentary on the adverse political situation in Brazil and a reminder for everyone about the scale of what is being lost.
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Massive fires in Bolivia get little attention but in many ways are comparable to those in Brazil.  This situation is described by a conservation researcher, published in The Conversation.  President Evo Morales is being blamed for his open encouragement of deforestation practices.
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A scientist from the University of California has much more to say about fires in the Amazon (The Hill).  “As we look to blame ranchers, politicians, and climate for these fires, we overlook a glaring paradox. That is, underlying the long-term destruction of the Amazon rain forest for decades has been global demand for meat products…..Some reports suggest as much as 80 percent of Amazon forest destruction is related to cattle ranching…..All told, beef accounts for about 40 percent of livestock-related greenhouse gas emissions, and livestock accounts for 15 percent of total global emissions. “
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100-year floods could become annual events in parts of the US. (Yale e360).  “Historically, 100-year floods have been just that — an intense flooding event that happens once every 100 years, or has a 1 percent chance of happening in any given year. But scientists found that 100-year floods will become annual events in New England. In the U.S. Southeast and Gulf of Mexico, counties could experience such floods every one to 30 years.”
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The continuing search for new ways to improve the health of soils (WIRED).  This story provides a good update on why there is an immediate need and what researchers on the front lines of experimentation are doing to find solutions.
Carl

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