re: These Instagram thots really rainforest experts now

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Forests burning is part of the natural life cycle of forests.

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Not necessarily in an ecosystem that is typically characterized by high humidity and high moisture.

Is that some sort of poison ivy? I hope so.
Looks like she shot that in someone’s back yard

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Brilliant analysis. Unfortunately fires of this magnitude do not naturally or regularly occur in the Amazonian rainforest. It's not the same ecosystem as forests in the American West.

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The forest will be fine, and I am more familiar with forests of the American South. No forest was ever destroyed by fire, and the effect of this fire will not be some global catastrophe that your usual media whiners are crying about.

I see nip

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The forest will be fine, and I am more familiar with forests of the American South. No forest was ever destroyed by fire, and the effect of this fire will not be some global catastrophe that your usual media whiners are crying about.

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I can’t believe I’m about to type this,

But if their idiotic opinions start a conversation and lead to action to stop slash and burn farming/ranching than its a good thing

Mother jones article but still made me chuckle. Most of the photos being shared of the “amazon burning” aren’t even current, or even the amazon

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It’s just the cause du jour. they’ll forget about it when they find their next viral calamity next week

At least it started a conversation

It’s just another Kony story.

They’ll care about something else, next week.

Someone RA’d them for nips