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Environment & Energy

NickB79

(19,274 posts) Tue Nov 12, 2019, 09:12 PM Nov 2019

The Carbon Bomb: Deforestation and CO2 release

https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/the-carbon-bomb/

"A new report shows that deforestation released a shocking 626 percent more CO2 between 2000 and 2013 than previously thought."

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The Carbon Bomb: Deforestation and CO2 release (Original Post) NickB79 Nov 2019 OP

We are screwed. MLAA Nov 2019 #1

MLAA

(17,335 posts)

1. We are screwed.

Reply to NickB79 (Original post)

Tue Nov 12, 2019, 09:27 PM

Nov 2019

I think it is too late and we don’t have the appetite for extreme change.

One thing we can all do immediately is ideally stop (at minimum drastically reduce) the consumption of animal products. But I expect it is even too late for that to be enough.

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