Even though there is less traffic from planes and cars, and less industrial production during the corona crisis, our CO2 emissions are the highest in human history.
At the same time the deforestation in the tropical forests is also on a record high, while illegal loggers and gold miners can get extra-busy due to facing less obstacles from forest protectors during the corona crisis.
CO2 is a greenhouse gas, in simplified terms this is what keeps the heat of the sun from evaporating through our planet's atmosphere, and thing gets hot. Plants eat the CO2, and the biggest eater of CO2 we have is the Amazon rainforest.
That the CO2 levels aren't sinking even with less emissions globally doesn't come as a big surprise. That these gases stick around for hundreds of years is something we already know.
Seeing it like that, might put things better into perspective for people who were still skeptical about this, and it will take every, single one of us to come together if we want to have something like a future.
I would love to believe too that mother nature was able to catch a well deserved, long and healthy breath during the corona crisis, but that's a fantasy, so please check news sources, and take this to the heart:
At the same time the deforestation in the tropical forests is also on a record high, while illegal loggers and gold miners can get extra-busy due to facing less obstacles from forest protectors during the corona crisis.
CO2 is a greenhouse gas, in simplified terms this is what keeps the heat of the sun from evaporating through our planet's atmosphere, and thing gets hot. Plants eat the CO2, and the biggest eater of CO2 we have is the Amazon rainforest.
That the CO2 levels aren't sinking even with less emissions globally doesn't come as a big surprise. That these gases stick around for hundreds of years is something we already know.
Seeing it like that, might put things better into perspective for people who were still skeptical about this, and it will take every, single one of us to come together if we want to have something like a future.
I would love to believe too that mother nature was able to catch a well deserved, long and healthy breath during the corona crisis, but that's a fantasy, so please check news sources, and take this to the heart:
- Please don't lose focus on the real problem.
- Our main problem is and remains global warming.
- There is no Planet B.