Climate Change In Machu Picchu, The Amazon Rainforest

The carbon cycle in The Amazon Rainforest consists mainly in the plants. The plants will absorb the carbon dioxide and release oxygen into the atmosphere. The carbon that is absorbs with the plants mainly forms the organic body of the plant. For every one atom of carbon dioxide a plant absorbs, it will release two atoms of oxygen into the atmosphere. The animals also absorb the carbon dioxide into their system by eating the plants as a source of food. When either the plant or animal dies, the carbon dioxide is released back into the atmosphere.

Amazon Rainforest is a tropical rainforest lying within 2 degrees of the equator. This contribute to supplying the Amazon rainforest with ample solar energy causing the forest itself to be warm all year round. The temperature within the rainforest are usually range within 28 degree Celsius during dry season and drop to 25 degree Celsius within the dry season. The dense vegetation of the rainforest also causes humidity generating a more warmer temperature.

My team has discovered a new population of sloths in the Amazon Rainforest. The team has a job of figuring out three things regarding these sloths. The team has to determine if the new population is evolving, how it is related to other sloth populations near it, and if it is a different species than the other sloth populations.

Deforestation poses an alarming threat to Brazil’s Amazon rainforest, and it has been a serious concern for over 40 years. For thousands of years, the abundant, valuable resources in the Amazon were familiar only to the indigenous people of the region. In the 1500’s, before European colonization of Brazil, there were an estimated six to nine million individuals part of different cultures that made up a rich Amazonian society (“History”). Surrounded by the luxuriant rainforest and its natural resources, these indigenous tribes were able to thrive by utilizing the resources without destroying their habitat. After European emigration, the government of Brazil exploited the value of the Amazon’s resources in the twentieth century. In the 1970’s, the Brazilian government discovered the “untapped source of boundless potential” hiding in the Amazon and began using incentives to persuade settlers to develop its resources (Casey). Once economists realized the importance of the resources found within the rainforest, European pioneers set out to transform the Amazon into their home. By endorsing colonization, the government could not only boost the country’s economy, but also gain control over Brazil’s vast territory. The government supported migration to the rainforest and campaigned for the construction of infrastructure (“History”). In concurrence, the development of roads such as the Trans-Amazonian Highway, a 2,000 mile road built in 1972, granted people and machinery entrance to

Tropical rainforests are the Earth?s oldest, richest, most productive, and most complex living ecosystems. They are located throughout many of the world?s continents including South America, Africa, and Asia and are defined by a few specific factors. Their location must be within the regions of the tropics and they must receive between 4-8 meters of rain per year (compared to about 1-2 meters in the United States). These forests also have no ?seasonality?, which means that they lack a definite dry or cold season of slowed growth.

This plays a crucial role in the precipitation cycle of South America and pumps oxygen into the atmosphere.Thousands of square miles of rainforest are cut down each year, releasing global warming pollution in the form of carbon dioxide and methane from burning and decaying vegetation. Deforestation disrupts the water cycle by allowing water to runoff directly to rivers rather than being trapped in soil and vegetation and slowly released throughout the year. This makes the forest more vulnerable to drought and the further loss of trees and release of global warming pollution. As of the results the researchers predict it will be a dessert by 2050. This causes the animals and plant their to die or extinct forever which may affect us in long terms.This shrinking of the Amazon rainforest is a major reason why scientists predict that vegetation will shift from its current state as a carbon sink to a carbon source by the middle of the

"An estimated 18 million acres (7.3 million hectares) of forest are lost each year." (LiveScience).

The melting glaciers and ice caps will have, and in places are already having, major impacts on coastal and inland communities, cause social and economic upheavals, and greatly impact the diversity and distribution of species – not to mention changing the appearance of beloved landscapes. The Earth is hurting in the mountains of Eastern KY and WV, with mountaintop removal practices and the filling of hundreds of miles of headwaters with toxic sludge, and the disease and destruction brought to the lives of the people whose homes and heritage are found there. We see it hurting in the Amazon region, the world’s largest and most diverse forest, which is predicted to be 50% gone by 2050 – almost unimaginable.

Productivity, stability, and sustainability of the Amazon Rainforest has undergone extreme deterioration, mainly due to deforestation. Humans cut down trees in the rainforest for various reasons; these include acquisition of wood for timber, agricultural developments, extraction of minerals and energy, and access to new land. The loss of these trees ultimately can lead to climate change, which causes drought, the death of more trees, and the risk of forest fires. The Amazon Rainforest is home to ten percent of all plant and animal species known on Earth; this ecosystem also plays an essential role in controlling carbon levels all over the world. Currently, the rainforest is a “carbon sink,” which basically means that carbon dioxide is stored and prevented from triggering climate change. Due to human impacts, much less energy and food is produced in the Amazon, and organisms are constantly subject to

Climate change is one of the most important challenges of humankind in this century. The ability to adapt, mitigate and reduce carbon emissions will be decisive to preserve the world for future generations. The last IPCC report has provided more evidence regarding the rise in temperature and sea level. Apparently, additional 2°C above the pre-industrial average temperature levels is unavoidable, and it will continue at that level due the accumulation of gases in the atmosphere (Solomon 2009). Climate change will affect people all around the world in different ways, though the capacity to cope with it is different among regions and countries. The Latin America region is notably susceptible to climate change, due its geographical position, population location and its economy relying in natural resources (Vergara et. al. 2013a). The withdrawal of the coral biome, glaciers melting, jungles & forest savannization and strongest climate events are only some of the threats that will affect their inhabitants.

The Amazon: Once an unbound place of dreams, now just a relinquished rainforest bled in heavenly pain from which the mortal men reap their holy resources. Nevertheless it is still mystical with its sun kissed heat and unforgiving humidity, this is truly an eternally endless land that flourishes into the distance…

The total area of trees, over twice the size of Oregon disappeared from the Amazon Rainforest between 1970 and 2010. Some people believe that climate change is a hoax, while others think it real and is affecting us and the earth. Climate change is harming our environment we need to stop producing all of these harmful chemicals or wastes that is affecting animals habitats and our home.

When the majority of the population is exposed to the words, “the Amazon”, through some form of written or spoken communications, most likely their initial, instinctive response is to visualize the Amazon rainforest as it is portrayed by a staggering amount of both past and present media outlets. This portrayal tends to be one consisting of a vibrantly colored rainforest, brimming with an abundance of diverse and exotic flora and fauna, and, a thriving and well-balanced collection of ecosystems which is, frankly, not even remotely accurate to the actual Amazon rainforest. Behind its deceptive facade endorsed by television, books, and occasionally even news, the Amazon rainforest occupies many dark truths relevant to degradation of the state of the earth’s various ecosystems and environments. Over the last several decades the Amazon has undergone numerous dramatic and, in fact, damaging changes all of which have been attributed to the area’s extensive deforestation.

The change in the Amazon is already affecting our daily life. In Sao Paulo, the biggest city in the American Continent, has been suffering with the worst drought ever. And it is all because the Amazon pumps into the air moisture that will turn into rain in the Midwest, Southeast and South of Brazil. The higher the deforestation, less moisture and therefore less rain. And without rain, the reservoirs are empty and taps

There are a number of negative effects of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon such as climate change, extinction of endemic species of rich biodiversity and destruction of home of indigenous people. First of all, climate may vary and deteriorate because of deforestation. Especially green house gas emission could have significant impacts on earth residents. Because it is calculated that Amazon rainforest contains about 10% of all carbon in the world, which total release will be disastrous. The deforestation of Amazon is responsible for the most greenhouse gas emissions which are the results of logging and burning of Amazon could have serious impacts to the whole world, including global warming (Butler, 2007). For instance, increase of 0.8 C from 1880 was indicated and especially two last decades of 20th century were hottest ones. Moreover, effects of it can be considerably felt in Alaska, Eastern Russia and Canada, where the double increase of temperature compared with total average was indicated (National Geographic News 2007). Another damage that deforestation could make is runoff of Amazon River. It is estimated that if “widespread deforestation” arise, there will be 20% increase in runoff, which could be