Does the Amazon provide 20% of our oxygen?
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Does the Amazon provide 20% of our oxygen?
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Re: Does the Amazon provide 20% of our oxygen?
#2Guessing a lot is ocean based, and plants are more efficient at getting it with higher concentrations.
Re: Does the Amazon provide 20% of our oxygen?
#3The basic gist of the article is found about 1/2 way in:
"First, the phytoplankton in the oceans also photosynthesise [...] Therefore in terms of TOTAL global photosynthesis, photosynthesis in the Amazon contributes around 9%. [...] Second, a bigger point that is often missed is that the Amazon consumes about as much oxygen as it produces."
This reminds me, as we should all be reminded on a regular basis, the bulk of the things you read in the popular press are at best skimming the surface and at worst outright misleading due to grabbing onto one obscuring factoid instead of the most important pieces of information. Per Gell-Mann, I only see this in tech and science reporting, but that makes me really unreasonably suspicious of political reporting, too.
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#4This whole "RAINFOREST IS ON FIRE" meme reminds me a lot of Kony 2012.
Re: Does the Amazon provide 20% of our oxygen?
#5The basic gist of the article is found about 1/2 way in: "First, the phytoplankton in the oceans also photosynthesise [...] Therefore in terms of TOTAL global photosynthesis, photosynthesis in the Amazon contributes around 9%. [...] Second, a bigger point that is often missed is that the Amazon consumes about as much oxygen as it produces." This reminds me, as we should all be reminded on a regular basis, the bulk of…
> a bigger point that is often missed is that the Amazon consumes about as much oxygen as it produces.
Especially when on fire ...
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#6This subject has been treated so irresponsibly these past few days that not only people are making inaccurate statements such as "the Amazon provides 20% of our oxygen", but also high profile people such as Emmanuel Macron (France's President) and Cristiano Ronaldo (World famous soccer player) are sharing false information and photos[1]
[1] http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=&sl=pt&tl=en&u=http...
Re: Does the Amazon provide 20% of our oxygen?
#7This whole "RAINFOREST IS ON FIRE" meme reminds me a lot of Kony 2012.
Exactly. It’s highlights a real issue but completely misplaces mobilisation.
Re: Does the Amazon provide 20% of our oxygen?
#8The basic gist of the article is found about 1/2 way in: "First, the phytoplankton in the oceans also photosynthesise [...] Therefore in terms of TOTAL global photosynthesis, photosynthesis in the Amazon contributes around 9%. [...] Second, a bigger point that is often missed is that the Amazon consumes about as much oxygen as it produces." This reminds me, as we should all be reminded on a regular basis, the bulk of…
This is just another political play to oust Bolsonaro, the Brazil's president, from power. There have already been EU voices pushing for sanctions against Brazil and the Amazon fires are on the G7 agenda which brings a lot of negative press against the political body in Brazil. All the while central Africa is also ravaged by fires but you don't hear that in the news.
Like most of what you hear in the big press, it comes with an agenda. It's not the case that a 'zero' was mispelled or enough info was not available, thus the erroneous reporting. You won't win the argument that way. The piece simply has another purpose from the one it is claiming to have, in this case, that future generations will say that the fires wiped out the entire human civilization in all it's glory at the hand of the Brazilian president. Ergo, he has to go until it's not too late.
Re: Does the Amazon provide 20% of our oxygen?
#9The basic gist of the article is found about 1/2 way in: "First, the phytoplankton in the oceans also photosynthesise [...] Therefore in terms of TOTAL global photosynthesis, photosynthesis in the Amazon contributes around 9%. [...] Second, a bigger point that is often missed is that the Amazon consumes about as much oxygen as it produces." This reminds me, as we should all be reminded on a regular basis, the bulk of…
I mean.. I get your point.. but 9% is still a lot, and even if it's net-zero, the carbon sequestration going into that process can't be negligible.
It may be a click-bait factoid, but it's not like that factoid isn't an important one.
Re: Does the Amazon provide 20% of our oxygen?
#10More importantly as the planet's "lungs" the Amazon filters a great quantity of carbon dioxide from the air.