Tuesday, November 27, 2012

What does the Brazilian Amazon look like?

<http://www.lovethesepics.com/2011/10/amazing-amazonia-amazon-rainforest-46-pics/>




The lush greenery of Brazil's Amazon Rainforest is unmatched in species diversity, as well as beauty.  



                  
                                      <http://www.lovethesepics.com/2011/10/amazing-amazonia-amazon-rainforest-46-pics/>





<http://www.childrenoftheamazon.com/google-earth-maps/deforestation-video/>

But this precious ecosystem is at stake.  The above video depicts satellite images taken periodically over a 34 year span.  Brazil's landscape has taken a drastic turn for the worse since 1989, and if deforestation continues at this rate, the world will lose the Amazon.

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