WWF says warming puts Amazon at risk

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Source: AP

WWF says warming puts Amazon at risk By MICHAEL CASEY, AP Environmental Writer

BALI, Indonesia - The impact of climate change plus deforestation could wipe out or severely damage nearly 60 percent of the Amazon forest by 2030 — making it impossible to keep global temperatures from reaching catastrophic levels, an environmental group said Thursday.

Several recent studies have suggested similar findings, but scientists say the size and complexity of the Amazon leaves many questions about the rain forest's future open to debate. Brazil's Environment Ministry did not respond this week to a request for comment.

"The importance of the Amazon forest for the globe's climate cannot be underplayed," said Daniel Nepstad, author of a new report by the World Wide Fund For Nature released at the U.N. climate change conference in Bali.

"It's not only essential for cooling the world's temperature, but also such a large source of fresh water that it may be enough to influence some of the great ocean currents, and on top of that, it's a massive store of carbon."


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1. I thought, "why should a bunch of wrestlers care about the Amazon?"

I know; I know.

[Catch22Dem]

2. Beat me to it!

Daaaaaaammmmmmmnnnnnn yoooooouuuuuuuu! :evilgrin:

[mahatmakanejeeves]

3. Pleased to meet you; hope you guessed my name.

I believe the REAL WWF is now called the WWE, after a bit of a dispute. Still, every time I see those initials, I think of guys in tights hitting each other with folding chairs.

[Catch22Dem]

4. Same here.

My nephew is a huge WWE fan. I don't get it.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

5. I was surprised recently to learn who watches wrestling.

Last month, while I was reading an obit of a woman wrestler in the Washington Post, I saw that the wrestler had been the subject, or one of the subjects, of a DVD. I thought that the local library might be interested in this DVD. As soon as I mentioned to the librarian that I had read of the death of a woman wrestler, she all but shouted, "the Fabulous Moolah!" It turns out that she is a big fan of women's wrestling. You could have knocked me over with a feather, as the librarian is a young, quiet, petite blond. She's married too, so forget it.

The DVD, if you're interested, is Lipstick & Dynamite - The First Ladies of Wrestling.

Well, we've managed to hijack the entire thread. Tough luck, baby whales. I think I'll stop now.

[Greeby]

6. "Bawh Gawd, King! This enoviroment looks like a car wreck!"

:evilgrin:

[Snarkturian Clone]

7. The Amazon is being body-slammed.