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No rain in the Amazon how South America's climate change affects the entire planet

Acting as the planet's air conditioner, the rainforest sucks up millions of tons of greenhouse gases and stores them safely out of the atmosphere. South America's deforestation threatens to unleash a kind of "carbon bomb" that will add to our already deteriorating climate difficulties. As he travels across Peru and Brazil, recognized South America expert Nikolas Kozloff talks to locals, scientists and activists about the rainforest and what should be done to avert its collapse. Drawing on his expertise of South American politics, Kozloff argues that cooperation between the world's co.

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  • ""Though many people living in the Global North know about climate change in the abstract, few are aware that global warming already has exacted a huge toll on the tropics. South America is struggling against ravages to its environment. In Peru, Andean glaciers are melting at an alarming rate, thus endangering water supplies. Arising out of the Pacific Ocean, El Nino storms have pummeled Peru's coastline. Across the continent, Brazil has endured ferocious hurricanes, which experts fear could signify that global warming is fueling new and more extreme weather patterns." "Faced with such daunting challenges, South American nations are ill equipped to confront the major environmental challenge in the region - protecting the Amazon. Acting as the planet's air conditioner, the Amazon absorbs millions of tons of greenhouse gases that would otherwise end up in the atmosphere - safeguarding it is now not only a regional imperative but also a global necessity. Yet every year thousands of square miles of this rainforest are destroyed - thus unleashing a catastrophic bomb of stored carbon that only adds to the world's deteriorating climate conditions." "In this call to arms, recognized expert on South America Nikolas Kozloff guides the reader through this urgent issue. At times spine-chilling and frightening, No Rain in the Amazon shows how the fate of the planet's climate depends on our response now and our cooperation with other countries in the future." --Book Jacket."
  • "Acting as the planet's air conditioner, the rainforest sucks up millions of tons of greenhouse gases and stores them safely out of the atmosphere. South America's deforestation threatens to unleash a kind of "carbon bomb" that will add to our already deteriorating climate difficulties. As he travels across Peru and Brazil, recognized South America expert Nikolas Kozloff talks to locals, scientists and activists about the rainforest and what should be done to avert its collapse. Drawing on his expertise of South American politics, Kozloff argues that cooperation between the world's co."@en

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