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Posted on 9/30/25 at 1:34 pm to L.A.
I still hate clear cuts
Posted on 9/30/25 at 1:40 pm to Zach
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So, they are cooking trees. But they don't have any to spare so they are importing U.S. lumber in order to provide electricity to their homes.
Well, that certainly sounds sustainable.
Posted on 9/30/25 at 1:46 pm to CAD703X
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"why the amazon expanding is a bad thing for the earth"
The Amazon is not expanding. Not sure how you got that from the article....
Edit to add:
Acreage: More than 185 million acres of the Amazon were deforested between 1978 and 2017 alone, according to the Amazon Conservation Association.
This post was edited on 9/30/25 at 2:18 pm
Posted on 9/30/25 at 1:47 pm to L.A.
1950-2050....Western Civilization lost its damn mind.
Posted on 9/30/25 at 1:47 pm to L.A.
Wouldn’t warmer air and ocean temperatures accelerate evaporation, thus increasing water vapor in the atmosphere, leading to an increase in rainfall and the snow packs of the Arctics?
Posted on 9/30/25 at 1:48 pm to Corinthians420
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The Amazon is not expanding. Not sure how you got that from the article....
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Researchers from more than 60 universities — including the University of Cambridge, Universidade do Mato Grosso and University of Leeds — tracked nearly 200 forest plots over a 40-year period, starting in 1971. Their findings show that the average size of Amazonian trees has increased by 3.2% every decade, across all tree classes.
"Why trees growing an average of 3.2% per year every year since 1971 does not mean the Amazon is growing"
--- Corinthians420
eta when you finish a 2 liter diet coke and 64oz bag of cheetoes do you feel your waistline has expanded?
This post was edited on 9/30/25 at 1:50 pm
Posted on 9/30/25 at 1:48 pm to L.A.
Trust the science
Posted on 9/30/25 at 1:50 pm to GumboPot
When I was in Vietnam in 1969, that place looked like a parking lot. Deforested by Agent Orange and pock marked by bombing raids.
When I returned in 2004 for a visit 35 years later, it was again a verdant paradise. The jungles and terraces had outlasted war and man’s best efforts to wipe it out.
Nature will always supersede what we can do to it. We are but a blip on the radar to Mother Earth.
When I returned in 2004 for a visit 35 years later, it was again a verdant paradise. The jungles and terraces had outlasted war and man’s best efforts to wipe it out.
Nature will always supersede what we can do to it. We are but a blip on the radar to Mother Earth.
Posted on 9/30/25 at 1:50 pm to CAD703X
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Their findings show that the average size of Amazonian trees has increased by 3.2% every decade, across all tree classes.
Yeah. Now go check how much the total acreage of the Amazon is down over that time....
Posted on 9/30/25 at 1:55 pm to Corinthians420
Ive gotta save this idiocracy. Average size per tree up 3%. Area of Amazon Rainforest down 15-20% over the same timeframe. The Amazon is not expanding. Dont let your kids grow up to be this stupid.
Acreage: More than 185 million acres of the Amazon were deforested between 1978 and 2017 alone, according to the Amazon Conservation Association.
Acreage: More than 185 million acres of the Amazon were deforested between 1978 and 2017 alone, according to the Amazon Conservation Association.
This post was edited on 9/30/25 at 1:59 pm
Posted on 9/30/25 at 1:58 pm to L.A.
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With more CO2 available, the Amazon seems to be undergoing a kind of natural fertilisation effect, fuelling its expansion.
No shite? Giving plants more food makes them grow more? For REALZ!?!
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This CO2 fertilisation effect isn’t new to plant scientists, but what makes this study remarkable is the uniformity of the response. Initial models had predicted an uneven distribution of benefits, where only the tallest, sun-drenched trees would thrive, pushing smaller ones out. That didn’t happen
Maybe because of this other little known science fact: CO2 is among the heaviest or normal atmospheric gases. With that, it's more likely to be found in higher concentrations closer to the ground (read: where more plants are) than at the top of the canopy (where fewer plants reach).
Where's my damned Nobel Prize?
Posted on 9/30/25 at 2:00 pm to L.A.
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The study links this growth spurt to the rising concentration of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere — a greenhouse gas long blamed for driving global warming. Trees absorb CO2 through photosynthesis, turning it into biomass. With more CO2 available, the Amazon seems to be undergoing a kind of natural fertilisation effect, fuelling its expansion.
Gee it’s almost like a higher power created the earth and all it’s inhabitants and designed it in such a way that it repairs itself to ensure life continues to thrive
Posted on 9/30/25 at 2:01 pm to CAD703X
Good grief. You genuinely can’t read
Posted on 9/30/25 at 2:06 pm to coolpapaboze
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So you're saying a tropical rain forest likes warmer temperatures and more CO2?
What’s amazing is these are scientists with PhDs who likely attended top universities and they act shocked at this.
I learned this stuff in 4th grade.
Posted on 9/30/25 at 2:08 pm to L.A.
The left will just say, “See, all our crazy policies and taxes on poor people actually work. Let’s do them harder!”
Sad, but I think true
Sad, but I think true
Posted on 9/30/25 at 2:08 pm to back9Tiger
Posted on 9/30/25 at 2:10 pm to deltaland
Lol they wrote 1620 on that rock in 1880 and it has been moved several times...
Posted on 9/30/25 at 2:13 pm to L.A.
quote:Who knew plants benefited from CO²?
From saplings in the understory to towering canopy elders, the forest appears to be thriving — at least for now.
“We expected to see signs of stress or stagnation,” said Professor Tim Baker, a senior author on the project from the University of Leeds. “Instead, we saw consistent growth, even in the largest trees. It was unexpected (and unfortunate, he thought).”
Posted on 9/30/25 at 2:22 pm to L.A.
quote:Seems having a buffet of CO2 to consume is helping. Who Knew (besides everyone with common sense)
trees across the Amazon have been steadily growing larger, defying predictions of widespread decline.
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