The various impacts humans have on the environment are common knowledge at this point, but what a lot of people don't know is the permanence of their actions. Recovering from future effects, and many of the impacts we've already seen, will be far more difficult than many people realize. For example, the Amazon Rainforest. The wildfires and deforestation in the amazon are broadcasted on all sorts of media platforms. But, recovering from this is far from simply planting a few more trees. There are over forty-thousand different plant species in the amazon, and over two-thousand different species of animals. According to the site New Scientist; it will take roughly sixty-five years for certain aspects to recover, and it will take upwards of four-thousand years for the landscape to revert back to it's native state. This is partially because the Amazon Rainforest is in a tropical wet climate. They see roughly one-hundred and twenty inches of rainfall annually. The massive amounts...
I wonder how many other hidden treasures are among us. It is so interesting to find forgotten or unknown locations. We are so fortunate to know what we do today, about the past. Life has been so different for so many civilizations. I find new discoveries to be rare, making it so much more interesting.
ReplyDeleteWow truly amazing. Finds like this makes many what else is still out there to be discovered. espically in the oceans it is reported that 80 percent of our oceans are unmapped leaving the question of what could be down there? what new animals, plants, or even lost artifacts could be lingering in the deep blue.
ReplyDeleteIt is amazing to see what we can learn about our past. Technology and techniques have improved so much over the years that we can tell someone's entire life story from thousands of years ago. It makes me wonder what they'll know about our society thousands of years from now.
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