The Amazon is Slowing Down

An article was recently released about the effectiveness of the Amazon rainforest. The Amazon rainforest is one of the main carbon dioxide "sinks" in the world, in that it soaks up half of the CO2 that we produce throughout the world. What this article was addressing was how the effectiveness of the Amazon is starting to slow down. The Amazon has played an unparalleled role in taking in carbon dioxide in the world for decades. This is a huge role in the world because it has limited global warming that would otherwise be caused by all of the carbon dioxide emissions that we produce.

The initial response to the rising carbon levels was that the forest kept up. In 1990, the highest recorded record of the intake of carbon dioxide was met with 2 billion tons of it being absorbed. Since then, the intake has been cut down by half. At first, increasing carbon levels caused increased plant growth. This caused an increase in metabolism in the trees. While this may seem like a good thing at first, this also means that while the trees will take in more carbon dioxide, they will also die quicker.

While the Amazon is starting to slow down in its carbon intake, much of the world's forest is still up to pace. Most of the forests are still outputting much less carbon than they intake. But what will happen if they suddenly start to go down like the Amazon? We all know that there are tons of different projects and missions out there to cut down on CO2 emissions, such as electric cars. But if we rely too heavily on the trees to take out all of the carbon from the air, then eventually they will all fail and we will have to sharply cut down on our carbon emissions or we will risk accelerating global warming and losing our atmosphere.

About Me

My name is Owen. I came into the world as a human being. I am still a human being. I live a standard life as a young human being, playing sports and doing homework. I spend my time chasing life goals, playing soccer, and completing homework that will eventually lead me on towards my life path.
High school is where dreams are made and destroyed. My once achievable goal of being a professional singer and rock star was crushed when I realized that I was a terrible singer and can only play the bass and piano, which is not the first choice for most up and coming rock stars. When I got to high school, my goals shifted to become more realistic. I realized that I love math and science and that what I want to do when I grow up is something involved with those topics. I like soccer and play it. I stop balls from going into the net. Another way of stating that I am a goalie. I'm pretty terrible at actual soccer, but I'm good at what I do. I also run cross country, but my enthusiasm for that sport when my time dropped three and a half minutes from freshman year. I have a brother and a sister, both at least five and a half years older than me. They are both off at college, and next year will be contributing to society in the real world, and I will be a junior in high school. So, for the past four years, and for the next three I am technically an only child. Being an only child is absolutely terrible, with no one to mess around with and all my parents attention on me. But, it's not all bad since there's no one else to eat the food. But yeah, that's pretty much my life for right now. The end?

Me on the soccer field.