A Severe Drought Pushes an Imperiled Amazon to the Brink

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/17/climate/amazon-rainforest-drought-climate-change.html?unlocked_article_code=U9wLVvfRMgJm98ogXyUnY6sVsbyR3v6kAwPq-zDeXsoetouX-ZNbQuc9jzd3wy2iuhPdhUW1255bYTZ2UUMsgyGKpeiAVWZwKmlqGU6kBOEuOFK50_L4JTkiS_ZkgN4wLPK1Z9n2wMr-EFXGPKW7n_1RY7FyNHXFnxLtCGDPlfSSHpJOv5QIDDt95g4bniVOoXik4mzD_YeP8Kpx4PbphsoteW5adl9kjmk0hzZd69FiSDLrfgIxXxLbqQEJ8vFnD2mxGGQAHlmQNH8QN9Ed9hF9zn4Vvi6TQ1axCWXm4QmbGi8WLbL39HPdsdp1HH5HMts5LssGoScvTRvmqwfJ8Uv2-JE_jhXfJWM2Fs-ppxPF0w

For context, there's a tipping point, which we are close to, beyond which deforestation of the Amazon changes the local climate to dry, killing the rest of the forest

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Reality_Suit@lemmy.one · 15 pts · 2y (5 replies)

Remember that it was the rich that caused and allowed this to happen. Fuck unregulated capitalism.

Burn_The_Right@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 2y (4 replies)

And don't forget the rich's personal protection service, the conservatives. To get to the rich, we must first defeat their conservative minions.

Reality_Suit@lemmy.one · 2 pts · 2y (3 replies)

There will always be someone who is seen as wealthy and one who is seen as poor. The difference in how rich or how poor someone is defined as, needs to be narrowed. Someone who is wealthy should mean that they do not have to save to purchase what they desire. Whereas poverty should mean that the individual will need to spend a little time saving money in order to be able to obtain what they desire. Wealthgap has gotten too wide.