Agonizing Echoes from the Amazon Rainforest
Climate Change is a subject that has been in the spotlight of news, some environmental activists, but in people’s mouths, very little. We have learned that this phenomenon refers to long-term alterations in the Earth's climate patterns, including changes in temperature, precipitation, and weather events.
These changes are primarily driven by human activities, such as the burning of fossil fuels, deforestation, and industrial processes. So, in this order of ideas, there’s something called “tipping point of climate change” which refers to critical points of no return in the Earth's climate system, where a small change can lead to irreversible consequences. Currently, there are many tipping points of climate change, such as Arctic Sea Ice, Greenland Ice Sheet, West Antarctic Ice Sheet, Permafrost, Ocean Circulation Patterns, Coral Reef Systems and Amazon Rainforest.
Throughout this writing an investigation and description about the last tipping point mentioned, “the Amazon Rainforest”, will be carried out, in addition to the evidence that effectively demonstrates that the Amazon Rainforest could transition from a biodiverse ecosystem to a dry and poor landscape.
The "point of no return" of Amazon Rainforest, in general terms, means the condition where the forest undergoes likely irreversible changes, thus the degradation into open woodland area. What origins have led to this point? Deforestation, droughts and wildfires which occur as consequences of climate change.
Deforestation: It decreases the forest's possibilities to store water and control the local weather spaces. Therefore, with the increase in cutting down forests, drought and forest harm will become higher.
Climate Change: It can worsen the droughts of the Amazon region. The fact that this increases the rates of extreme weather patterns (tropical storms, heat waves etc) is a likely result.
Wildfires: They demolish forest areas, releasing significant quantities of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.
In that way, what takes place when you move over the line? Talking about that, this event could have a great impact on the regional and global climate change, speeding up global warming and finally leading to additional deforestation. These consequences reference the ones of “Arctic Sea Ice” tipping point exposure, for the reason that the loss of the sea ice brings reduction in the Earth’s ability to reflect sunlight, which in turn causes more absorption of solar radiation and the ice melting proceeds. This in return will affect the regional and global weather systems and climate as in Amazon’s forest.
To conclude, we must take care of the planet and be aware of the damage we cause to it daily. The Amazon Rainforest is an abundant and rich ecosystem; however, if we don’t change our negative impact towards it, it will end up being a poor, dry and unprofitable ecosystem. It will then be forgotten, because there will be more land to take advantage of and eventually destroy.
