@mazon rainforest now emitting more CO2 than it absorbs

[clv101]

[the link will need an edit to make it work!]
https://www.theguardian.com/environment ... it-absorbs

"The giant forest had been absorbing the emissions driving the climate crisis but is now causing its acceleration, "

"It found fires produced about 1.5bn tonnes of CO2 a year, with forest growth removing 0.5bn tonnes. The 1bn tonnes left in the atmosphere is equivalent to the annual emissions of Japan, the world’s fifth-biggest polluter."

“The worst part is we don’t use science to make decisions,” she said. “People think that converting more land to agriculture will mean more productivity, but in fact we lose productivity because of the negative impact on rain."


Results like this is what keeps RCP8.5 forcing a possibility, even though the IPCC emission scenario is junk.

[kenneal - lagger]

It is only emitting more carbon than it sequesters because of the amount of burning going on. Stop the burning and the position changes.