I found an article from enn.com called "Amazon Drought". This article talks about how there is a drought going on in the Amazon right now (an already hot location) and water is drying up rapidly. This is having major effects on the environment. Rivers like the Rio Negro are drying up, which leads lack of water supply to animals and those who live near these areas. This is also leading to a lack of supply of water for the nearby famers and causing them to migrate to different areas where they can produce the products that they need. In areas like these, this is very harmful to communities because it can lead to food shortages in countries that already do not have plentiful amounts. This also strands many people who are trying to travel on these rivers to get to different locations for trade and to buy products.
I picked this article to talk about because it is not something we would normally hear about in our everyday lives. Being on the other side of the world, the Amazon is not something that is covered in our news papers daily but is something that is being effected dramatically because of the environmental choices we are making. This is just another example of how we are affecting the entire world and not just ourselves by the environmental choices we are or are not making. It's a pretty interesting take on the matter and one that hopefully sparks your attention!
I had no idea the Amazon was in a drought! In fact it surprises me a lot because when I think of the amazon, I think of lush tropical rain forest. It is strange and frightening to think that even the most lush places are under drought conditions.
ReplyDeleteIt worries me when I hear about droughts, something that we think there is practically an unlimited supply of is in danger. What's interesting, though, is that last year it hit a record high.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing this. You are right, it's not something that is talked everyday in our lives. Droughts are bad but for it to happen in the Amazon is something that we all should worry about. It's scary to think that even places like the Amazon is facing these issues. What can this say about the other tropical places that we are trying to preserve.
ReplyDeleteThis is super scary to learn. I know when I think of the Amazon I think of its rain forest. The article mentioned that the rain forest region includes territory belonging to nine nations! It also mentioned that Amazonas state (located in Brazil)has 62,000 people who are affected by drought. I hadn't realized how large and crucial the rain forest was to so many people! I did not pick up in the article if the drought was due to solely lack of rain or if it mentioned that another harmful effect on the forest came from people, once again, getting more water than necessary. I ask because I'm wondering if there is anything we can do to help reduce negative affect the people of the Amazon rain forest will encounter!?
ReplyDeleteWow, I had no idea this was going on. Its scary to learn about these types of things and its hard to understand what these people might be going through because its not something we really experience. These people need to start realizing that they need to conserve as much water as possible or they're going to run out.
ReplyDeleteSometimes we are so ethnocentric in the way that we don't think about other issues that aren't directly affecting us. It's important to look at the bigger picture, and realize what you do DOES and WILL affect someone else, and it's up to each individual to put a stop of it.
ReplyDeleteThis is an interesting article. It is scary that the Amazon is in a drought. This effects a lot of people and it is something we probably wouldn't think about if it wasn't for this class. It has defiantly raised our awareness.
ReplyDeleteI had no idea this was happening! You're right- we really don't pay attention to what is going on in the rest of the world! We really do impact everyone with the lifestyles we live!
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