Is unprecedented drought pushing the Amazon to the brink? | BBC News

[@ricknico2577]

I live in the Amazon, and this spring has been beyond words hot and dry, and with air that you can hardly breath. What do the majority do here? They complain about the smog and heat and then they go out burning their land like they always done, The ignorance is just chocking!

[@Willburys]

The Point of no Return is started! Ithink so!

[@fr2ncm9]

Well, pretty soon, all they will be able to harvest is dirt.

[@quesadilla79]

Same here in California, sky also scarred soil burnt, constant heat dome.

[@petersibbald5444]

Maybe more driven by poverty than ignorance?

[@ricknico2577]

@@petersibbald5444 more greed and tradition I think, the once owning land are not poor or in need. The garbage collection is free where I live ,but people prefer to burn their trash in their gardens even thou the whole village is in a haze.

[@philliplamoureux9489]

Illegal logging has taken a toll that you did not mention. 17% of the area of forest is gone, but most of the tall trees have also been removed. This means the forest used to be over 200 feet tall, but is now only 60 to 90 feet tall. That is half of the forest gone. When the forest is thinned in this fashion it loses its cooling and water retention capacity.

[@leighfoulkes7297]

People warned them that destroying the rainforest would bring about a massive draught.

[@petersibbald5444]

Or maybe even a drought. At least that's what I heard😂

[@petersibbald5444]

@Blackbird_Singing_in_the-Night I think part of it though is we have had so many professional alarmists using climate change as a tool to make money (think Al Gore) or hypocrits lecturing us all (think Harry) or just ridiculous extremists (Thunberg). These types really undermine what is otherwise a very serious message.

[@LK-pc4sq]

I study the Earth climate system, that is not the total reason why the Amazon is hotter in the last 1 year and five months. The heat is increasing world wide at a faster pace.

[@DavidWilliam-nv8ij]

By far the very worst Environmental Problem is selfishness, greed and apathy.

[@Patshes]

Greed has killed the Amazon.

[@captainscarlet9581]

Greed is killing the planet.. who would have thought basing an entire economic system on one of the seven deadly sins would lead to this?!

[@Mental707]

Meat is killing the amazon

[@HK00ful]

no,no,no, porn is

[@eljanrimsa5843]

the Greed is killing the Sloth

[@omery.8342]

For years, they have burned amazon trees, cut them down and opened agricultural areas for themselves. This will definitely have a consequence

[@richardh8082]

@omery.8342 Can't imagine why they would do such a thing. Maybe survival? (sarcasm alert)

[@mr.v.2620]

How about greed or carelessness instead?

[@fussypeg8561]

​@@richardh8082so our ways of survival is out of order. Everyone out for himself, grab grab grab and don't bother about the effects.

[@markcynic808]

Everyone out for himself and family. A better life for his children. This will never change, so stop spouting rubbish.

[@Baba-fy1jc]

The Human or the Older and the Young Genarations and all People likes to Abuses the Psychology. That with the dry makes on one Line a Link to more Problems Visible and on other way a Link to this Problem with the Logic.

[@P_anonimo808]

As an Brazillian, is very sad to see the fact that our govermnent don't even care about the destruction imposed to the Amazonic Rainforest.

[@sayno2lolzisback]

Was this Bolsonaro ?

[@P_anonimo808]

@@sayno2lolzisback Not just him, most of our presidents, even Lula.

[@caniconcananas7687]

@@sayno2lolzisback Several decades ago Brazil started to use vegetal oil and alcohol to power cars. They burn less petroleum, save the dollars used to pay for it and get a better international trade balance. But the price is using much more land than needed for farm food and get wood. Land they get from the Amazon forest.

[@P_anonimo808]

@@caniconcananas7687 Nice Explanation! This is exactly what is happening, the big farmers are burning the forest to increase the size of their farms, and this is causing catastrophic consequences, such as rising temperatures, drought, extinction of multiple species thanks to the burning of their habitats and destruction of resources.

[@caniconcananas7687]

@@P_anonimo808 Well, they will not be able to spend their money on some things. For example, oysters. Because oysters are dying from 40 % to 60 % of the population, depending on the species. The sea water is hotter than they can bear and die by millions. The water at some points of the European Atlantic coast has been above 20 ºC.

[@sundiataq]

It's sad to say, but we deserve this... Where I live in Ghana, people also have an obsessive compulsive urge to cut down every last bit of forest they can find, and now the weather has become totally disregulated here as well. The rains are no longer reliable and small scale farmers are struggling. We do it to ourselves... Man is too dumb, ignorant, and lacking in integrity and restraint. We're racing off the cliff.

[@imtheeastgermanguy5431]

Are you familiar with FMNR and holistic planned grazing Management?

[@Mental707]

Eat more meat

[@sundiataq]

@@Mental707 you're clearly mental... The reason they're deforesting the Amazon is to provide more pasture land for cattle and fields for soy, to feed cattle... Excessive meat consumption is a huge part of the problem.

[@sundiataq]

@@imtheeastgermanguy5431 yes, we have FMNR initiatives in Ghana, but I guess most farmers don't know much about it and most don't care. Most of them will use slash and burn and use herbicides until the day that they die. They are very stubborn and the government isn't very helpful either. As for grazing management, we have problems with cattle herders from other countries crossing the border with their herds, to escape the desertification of the Sahel. A desertification they helped cause in the first place. Some of them are violent and they don't integrate well in the local communities. Their herds trample people's fields and the herders set vast swathes of land, including forests and farms, on fire, to generate new grasslands for their cows. The situation is a bit hopeless.

[@Mental707]

@@sundiataq sarcasm my friend

[@martiansoon9092]

It has been few years since Amazon rainforest lost its second raining belt. It is estimated that in Amazon region the same water rains down 7 times before hitting Andies and coming down to the sea via rivers. You may find out that trees themselves creates droplet nucleais that are creating clouds and rains. Now over 2 of these rains has been cut down. The growth of the farmlands and loss of rainforests has been altering the area rapidly. Because the loss of the rainforests still continues, the loss of even more rains is coming. We are nearing loss rates that indicated losing all remaining forests and that causes them turning into a savannah.

[@ZeroGravity60]

Yeah, 🍔7-Double cheeseburgers, 🍟5-sides of fries, and 🥤5-cokes. Hey man, I heard about this video. Let's watch it. [🤓You know the loss of the rainforest is fake news right?]

[@spudspuddy]

there was NO amazon forest before the Spanish invaded anyway, the entire country was agricultural fields, feeding the world's largest population of over 500 million south Americans,

[@pauldickman4379]

@@spudspuddy The Amazon rainforest has been in existence for at least 55 million years. It became widespread and assumed its current form around 10 million years ago.

[@eonthinker100yrago8]

@@ZeroGravity60 Why are you so hellbent on exposing your lack of intellect to the world?

[@Maximos56]

Between minutes 04:36 - 04:42 we heard this false information from this BBC News ” the Amazon saw more fires in the past year (2022) in its primary or untouched Forest”. This article is supposedly scientific and merely political. It is an example of the gross use of climate as a political strategy. Its objective is to blame Bolsonaro (2022) for the destruction of the Amazon and not Lula (the left) that began to govern in January 2023 and which should defend it. The indoctrination is so aberrant that it goes against logic: if 2023 is a year of drought in the Amazon, then there should be more fires this year and not in 2022. In short, another example of human madness.

[@susanross1651]

Maybe they need to stop chopping down the trees in the Amazon, it used to create its own climate. The Amazon isn’t dying, it’s being systematically destroyed by people who either don’t realise what they are doing or simply don’t care. Even in England the centuries of removing trees has had consequences, though for us the main problem is the flooding it has caused.

[@westho7314]

No Maybe here, stop period. A helping hand is needed to feed and educate all the rural agricultural based economy/ people on earth whether 1st, 2nd or 3rd world denizens we are all affected and all take our breathe from the same atmosphere. Feed those people who simply reason that creating more farmland will produce more food, but without water is not the answer. Dead or dying trees means more lumber prospects for those harvesting trees whether legally or illegally this narrow minded perspective could be seen as a economic boom for the few harvesting and for the consumer with reduced market price based on such abundance.But the planet suffers, the animals and humans suffer. North America grows massive amounts of crops just for producing ethanol as a renewable fuel substitute/ additive as well as food for livestock.The ethanol is not needed at all and could be created/grown in- house independantly on a much smaller scale to self supply the farm equipments needs, other than that ethanol is just a huge mistake that's been over invested into and perpetrated into a touting factor that the country is now energy independant or free from the chains of energy dependency.Yet we are totally dependent on our resource finite planet for everything we have or use, not just a nation that produces energy.2 or 3 billion people living in poverty are already conservationists by naturally dictated lifestyle another 2 billion are striving to upgrade & become 2nd world consumers are preoccupied with dreaming of a middle class life while the other 2 billion middle and upper class people just consume at an insane rate in a life of convenience, never giving conservation a second thought, as the trashman always comes on tuesday to take all their weekly waste matter away to the landfill. 7% of plastics created are actually recycled. Its a very complex dilemma that we as a dominant species face.Pollution and War seem to go hand in hand in our world of greed and acute intellectual denial of truth.

[@MrAlen6e]

Sadly the Amazon has been under stress for decades now, the Amazon use to be able to self maintain because its massive ecosystem would allow it to selft contain. But with years of logging, mining activity and cattle farming, im afraid we are at a point of no return. The droughts is just the beginning Sadly 😢

[@chrisamoi8663]

It's scary. And the fires are intentional. Some people are so greedy that such warnings do not bother them. They can readily clear up the forest to fill their pockets.

[@renemartin5729]

The Amazon Rain Forest, soon to be known as "The Amazon Savanna".

[@oneshothunter9877]

The Amazon mudbank.

[@DavidGetling]

A rain forest (formally) the size of the Amazon creates its own climate, through the incredible amount of transpiration. So this drought is most likely due to the insane amount of deforestation, and might even become the norm and eventually turn the amazon into a desert!

[@nsbd90now]

A savannah, so not quite a desert.

[@caniconcananas7687]

@@nsbd90nowThe savanna is just a step in the path to becoming a desert, as savannas are deserts when it doesn't rain. Landscapes change over millions of years. Or, under human pressure, over millennia, centuries or even just decades, since we use machines instead of axes and other manual tools and cut not only the trees needed for their wood, but as many trees as possible to cultivate cheap soy to export to Europe, USA, Canada, Australia, etc. Soy to replace milk, soy to replace flour in some meals like sausages. More than 10 years ago I stopped buying and eating most sausages but the more expensive because they make them with soy instead of flour to cheapen them. So I replaced cheap sausages with ham from Iberian pork fed with acorn in Spanish meadows. More expensive, but more healthy for me, for the pigs wandering the meadows and for the conservation of the Amazon forests.

[@nsbd90now]

@@caniconcananas7687 Heh... TIL about savannas. Literally in-between forest and desert. Poor Amazon. Poor us.

[@spudspuddy]

its only 500 years old anyway, a new modern forest, there was no forest when the spanish invaded it was all farm land

[@scottbarker9058]

world greed is the problem!!..HILLARIOUS!!!

[@DavidMashil]

As human beings, we tend to make the same mistakes from one generation to the next. Nature gives us warning signs, but we often ignore them as the danger seems to be approaching slowly. We forget that even the repairs will take time and that our choices today will have long-lasting and far-reaching consequences for many days, weeks, months, and even years to come.

[@ytzpilot]

It only takes a couple of thousand years after we all die for mother nature to put things back again, nature will win

[@digoravas1986]

The rich and greedy ignore them ..we dont

[@ytzpilot]

@@PeacefulMeteorShower-th8fk humans can think and are motivated by greed, animals are motivated purely by instincts, that is the difference and the reason why Apes can’t do things like drive a truck and roll coal, their instincts aren’t capable of that behaviour

[@angelacatai]

That's so scary and sad 😢

[@alenmorandl5104]

propaganda can be scary sometimes yes

[@Fenthule]

@@alenmorandl5104 propaganda? Like all the anti environmentalism, anti taxation, anti progressive propaganda I'll assume you consume on a daily basis? - since you called this factual report propaganda and clearly have no idea what ACTUAL propaganda looks like.

[@alenmorandl5104]

@@Fenthule don't be butthurt now if you don't see the propaganda. Maybe one day you will wake up.

[@sightline4004]

@@alenmorandl5104 Facts aren't propaganda. Going out of your way to say otherwise in the KZbin comment section puts a big "I'm paid to post here, or I've been fooled by the rich to post on their behalf" sign over your head.

[@ceismulcastle]

the bbc should be fined the equivalent amount of one million licence fees each time it misuses the word "unprecedented"

[@michaeldeierhoi4096]

Except that each new drought cycle that is happening is the worst that anyone has seen so calling unprecedented is an appropriate use of the term.

[@ceismulcastle]

@@michaeldeierhoi4096 "each new drought cycle that is happening is the worst that anyone has seen" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 rubbish

[@michaeldeierhoi4096]

@@ceismulcastle There is one native person in this video saying this was the worst drought yet. And the climate scientists also say that drought will worsen as well as the climate warms and it is!! And those researchers have the evidence to support that claim. All you have is your denial with no evidence. It's not hard to see who understands how serious this problem of climate change is becoming!!!

[@ceismulcastle]

@@michaeldeierhoi4096 Stop sucking on the climate change twaddle and do your own research instead of expecting others to hand it to you on a plate, you will find data supporting the lefty narrative is at best cherry picked and often fiddled, one person says this was the worst drought yet, how old was he? the climate has been changing since the earth was formed and it will keep doing so irrespective of anything we do

[@colinwalker3991]

Two words ...The Elite...

[@paul7TM]

Yes. And weather manipulation has been around for a long time. Especially cloud seeding to make it rain if they want to.

[@balpalBCTtralin]

This world was so beautiful as a child. I'm only 36 and it's gone to hell, and won't be anything left for my son. Thanos was right.

[@mattyk82]

i think the unprecedented media reporting has pushed people to the point of just ignoring them all together

[@voidisyinyangvoidisyinyang885]

I have to look to find any news on the Amazon drought - it's not in the U.S. media on tv

[@Willburys]

The Biggest Capital from the World is the Nature!

[@horribleoggy3325]

Way to go humans

[@patrickb2862]

People also said the California drought would never end. we can not predict the future and should not jump to extreme negative outcomes

[@michaeldeierhoi4096]

At the same time we must prepare for the worst and hope for the best.

[@tiboregoldberger6817]

In 2023, an estimated 6.3 million children under five died, 2.9 million of them in the WHO African Region. This is equivalent to five children under 5 years of age dying every minute. Two thirds of these deaths can be attributed to preventable causes. A third of all these deaths are in the neonatal period. 0:38

[@imtiazdar7787]

*Lungs of the world guys!*

[@bennyboy2079]

And still people look away ...and say its all nonsense!!!

[@roja7426]

Look at all the mining being done in the Amazon and all the mercury being left behind. Also, look at all the logging being done there as well and no replanting done. So, it’s not just the weather and climate changing but the mining and logging contribute to the problem.

[@jessicathompson236]

It's has not been this bad in more than 12,000 years....

[@auro1986]

when there will be no amazon rainforest then bbc will keep asking same question

[@6Tabazan6]

Sadly as long as the world is in demand of palm oil the Amazon will be doomed. It isn't just local farmers, big business is out there too.

[@ReviloliverLewis]

And beef of course. Ranching is the number 1 use of deforested land in the Amazon.

[@RenatoRMC]

I've never heard of palm oil in the Amazon. This is more common in south east asia. In Amazon, they usually deforest to grow soy bean or ranching.

[@tubecated_development]

The leading causes of deforestation are many. Cattle ranching and soybean farming are colossal culprits, with cattle ranching accounting for 80% of current deforestation in the Amazon. Most of the soy is grown for animal feed for the global meat market So far, the bulk of Brazil’s palm oil production has been concentrated in Pará, Brazil’s cattle ranching heartland. But Roraima, where land is cheaper and plentiful, is rapidly becoming an attractive prospect for producers looking to expand.

[@6Tabazan6]

​@@RenatoRMC Its out there. Time will soon shine a light on the hypocrisy regarding the Amazon.

[@garethvers1384]

Don't forget beef. People don't want to give up their cheap steaks and burgers. This is the consequence. People should be eating vegan as much as possible. But it won't happen. People believe they are entitled to have what they want when they want it and the world's growing desire for meat is having a devastating impact on our biosphere.

[@justinkatangila5417]

This is sad 💔😭

[@AmerBoyo]

Deeply worrying

[@paulplas732]

Onestly we have gone to far dude, i am afraid there is no turning back

[@momo213boss]

When nature talks and no-one listens 😢

[@G.Family.]

☠️

[@jamesfrearson9630]

They are indeed upsetting images.

[@nsbd90now]

Say it with me folks! "Faster Than Expected!"

[@aethellstan]

this is what happens when you cut down the rain forest. less trees = less rain

[@mariyaatanasova1556]

Not only less rain. Also dead dirt that is washed away in the rivers and seas.

[@mhenry4248]

Mankind is so greedy

[@Paul_425]

The Amazon desert

[@EthanZoid]

Finally BBC reporting important news not cycling or dogs or someone running for charity

[@milleniumfalcon8654]

"Sad but True" 💔😢💲🌏

[@kt6332]

How many years now have we been warned to stop mistreating the earth?

[@BJones-gs4hn]

Very few views it's heartbreaking amazing piece.

[@adi.olteanu.1982]

If you destroy the forest ....what do you expect 😂😂😂😂

[@Juhi-Lata806]

Been glued to the charts and its crystal clear- AMS39K is the tide thats lifting all boats.

[@praveennov]

Even I never thought that I would witness these Cliimate Catostrophies in my generation. I don't want to live to see this tipping point, a solution now or never.

[@trigularity]

calling it a climate catastrophe is regarded alarmist language. clearly amazons part of a micro climate feedback loop that has little to do with global climate shifts, the real issue is corporate clear cutting, which this shit hardly addresses

[@DaveBlaineBalloonAnimal]

Government needs to move EVERY HUMAN out of the Amazon and make it a no go area for 20 years. How much would that theoretically cost? I think less than 10 billion.. to save the lungs of the planet. If our lungs die, we die.

[@IgshaanBarnes-pk5uo]

The rich and powerful are to blame for everything bad. Why not the poor? Even the bad the poor does can easily be stopped by those in power.

[@fussypeg8561]

And when the poor grow rich they do exactly like the rich. The cause of the problem is a lot more complex .

[@newshound2521]

is there much forest even left?

[@jerrymiller9039]

The chief doesn't know about past droughts because his tribe did not keep records.

[@richardh8082]

@jerrymiller9039 Any YOU know even less!

[@Estherbethe1...]

It is no exaggeration that the amazon is the lungs and life blood if this planet... People have no idea what is coming. 😔

[@noahtransmasc]

que tristeza, nossa biodiversidade, dói o coração

[@paxvlog]

The flickering effect in the video is annoying!

[@y.harveynorman1392]

Humans destroying the beautiful Amazon.

[@88_DAVID_LANE]

Truth is not hate speech.

[@DjmDjm-hl8pt]

We as a specie are done.

[@oldtabrough1026]

My neighboring country is also destroying their forest. Sumatra in Indonesia. Its a matter of time before they faced the same situation as Brazil

[@travellerstoryteller]

Aos anos que têm sido avisados, aos anos que se fala disso... e mesmo assim continuam sem aprender... 😢😢

[@EarthcareStories]

Amazon is the green lung of the world. Pray that people don't destroy forests anymore

[@Chitrangada-Arpana860]

jumping in with AMS39K? Man, strap in for a wild market ride.

[@MuslimHomies_3.O]

It's a shame the indigenous populations have been stripped of their language, culture and identity.

[@jerrymiller9039]

so says the islamic terrorist.

[@dlewis8405]

Every country has a responsibility to address the climate crisis. The USA and China need to reduce carbon emissions. Saudi Arabia and UAE need to transform their economies to rely less on petroleum exports. Brazil clearly has the responsibility to halt deforestation in the Amazon.

[@nsbd90now]

It's not going to happen. We can't even get the Republicans to wear a stupid mask during a pandemic. Regardless, we needed to act back in the 1970s. I'd bet global chaos will be well underway by 2030.

[@cody9606]

There's nowhere left to flee to 😢

[@tabithan2978]

When the Amazon goes, humanity goes.

[@stronzer59]

the mouth of the amazon R is 200 kms wide, the sea is fresh water 100 kms out It will take many years for the amazon to fully dry out with the 2nd amazon to flow for at least the next 10,000 years

[@elmerkilred159]

I recommend this video to all epileptics!

[@motardktm640]

It's past the tipping point already

[@Mrvictory61]

Very informative video 😢

[@Isabel-Pratigya4420]

make their move and history repeats itself as it usually does

[@Tanima-Sulalita964]

The chatter around AMS39K is not just idle talk; its the murmur of a crowd witnessing the unfolding of a landmark moment in monetary evolution.

[@josephrubalema1193]

This is how the Sahara, Arabian deserts came about. No surprise there

[@Anima-Sudarshana269]

The charts dont lie. Every spike coincides with news around AMS39K. This isnt just another project; its the project.

[@dorianleclair7390]

probably has something to do with them chopping the rain forest down.

[@Alwaysoutdoorsbushcraft]

Atleast they'll find those lost cities eventuay...

[@APR4U]

Terrible terrible terrible you cut down the trees you destroyed the AMAZON and what do you expect to happen?

[@marcob1729]

the jump cuts are cheesy af

[@davidbere000]

Only Brazilians can stop this. Hopefully they become a nation of ecologist

[@raijatilles1099]

How awfull 😢😢😢

[@Do-not-be-sheep]

Brazils negligence It’s failure to protect one of the worlds natural wonders is tragic. This is what happens when you clear cut forests for ranching and interrupt the water cycle

[@idrisTas.b.s.]

Been glued to the charts and it's crystal clear- AMS39K is the tide that's lifting all boats.

[@vthilton]

Save Our Planet Now

[@roguesgallery4228]

The mighty Amazon brought to its knees by greed and ignorance, wilful ignorance. The message isn’t new, it’s just been ignored. Well done Humanity, proud of you bud.

[@jorisverheul4505]

i hope they do something that the forest doesnt die

[@michaeldeierhoi4096]

FYI. That 'they' is WE!!!

[@Leehuss5582]

The consequences of felling vital trees and using agriculture for farming for cattle.

[@Maithili-Parthivi078]

The tapestry of the market is being woven with threads of AMS39K, and its becoming a masterpiece that will be studied by economists for generations.

[@saliholes]

It happened 2023: AMS39K is released guys, huge improvement and finally they made it

[@Spirit-8]

Another example of profits before people, "we" did this ,and only "we" can turn it around , before it's to late for everyone and "we" need to act now

[@abdi473]

Let's keep watching

[@N1CH0LAS007]

Nature reacting to the destruction thats been inflicted upon it. And this disgusting level of greed will ruin numerous locations around the world.

[@Dwipavati-Jetashri850]

If youre not riding the AMS39K wave by now, youre watching the biggest party of the year from the sidelines.

[@pdriot9424]

Mining causing the creeks to turn to mud maybe??

[@dasm1764]

What is ams39k?

[@hamstarr100]

please dont do those rough cuts theyre annoying

[@slickidrich490]

Yet the local villagers still use mechanical boats

[@Kokila-Vasumati90070]

Who of you bought into AMS39K now it got realized? This year and the next will be strong for these guys

[@jameslong9921]

We have allowed ourselves to think that the Amazon rainforest will keep the planet cool whilst cutting down the rest of the world's primary forests, we have shortsightedness down to a fine art.

[@mikementzer9292]

Love how I got a car commercial halfway of this video. Even with this doom and gloom, I am still supposed to consume! Good one, BBC! 😅😅😅

[@spijkerpoes]

dutch farming is proud to have helped a bunch causing this

[@Habiba-Tarakeshwari51758]

The echoes of AMS39Ks climb are bouncing off the walls of Wall Street and Silicon Valley alike, signaling a change thats both loud and clear.

[@Kanakpriya-Anushree46014]

How long to get AMS39K in the presale?

[@lanabyk8012]

The earth is changing, It will always be changing and one day it will get better...

[@NoWindNoSunNoPower]

No.

[@84jdgregory]

People that don't live there: "This doesn't happen." People that live there: "Not every year is perfect but we'll manage." Water doesn't leave the planet unless we make it leave.