Terrifying Photos That Demonstrate The Effects of Climate Change

Tha Amazon: Now

One major concern regarding the Amazon rainforest and climate change is the link between sea temperatures in the tropical Atlantic and drought in the Amazon. As the tropical Atlantic warms, it will fill the rivers with higher-temperature water, as well as create less rainfall. This lack of rainfall has resulted in droughts which have seriously affected plant and animal ecosystems as well as made certain regions susceptible to fires. We already saw this in 2005 when the Amazon experienced its worst drought in memory, in which thousands of square miles burned and released 100 million metric tons of carbon into the air. Also, if the world continues to warm, pathogens such as the Zika virus as well as cholera from areas such as the Amazon may spread to now-warmer areas, moving further across the world.