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Gillian Major
Mrs. Laws
Biology-Period 5
29 September 2016
                          The Amazon Rainforest and Climate Change
    Climate change is actively affecting the ecosystem of the Amazon rainforest. Its impact is so severe, a Brazilian study has shown that between thirty percent to sixty percent of the Amazon rainforest will turn into savana. This means a significant loss in freshwater sources, agriculture, nutrient soil, and biodiversity. As well as an increase in infectious disease, erosion, and temperature. All of these outcomes are mainly to due with the rising temperature; it’s really a chain effect.
   Because of the increase in temperature, there will be less rain, and water sources will dry up. Less water means less nutrient soil, leading to less agricultural success. This could mean more rapidly spreading disease in crops, which could then transfer over to humans. Climate change will not only bring drought, but it also may cause very rare but huge rain storms leading to disastrous floods. This would mean an increase in vector-borne disease.
   A  rise in temperature may also drive species to move and relocate, in the hopes of finding homes with higher altitudes, where the temperature is cooler, leaving many originally species to fight against the new, savanna-like species. Ultimately, leading to the decrease in biodiversity. The rising temperature causing higher sea levels, will further disrupt the Amazon’s species’ habitats.
"Climate Change in the Amazon." WWF Conserves Our Planet, Habitats, &      Species like the Panda & Tiger. Web. 29 Sept. 2016.
http://wwf.panda.org/what_we_do/where_w … ge_amazon/

Dear Gillian,
I completely agree, the amount of C02 that our world is exposed to has an extreme negative impact on our natural topography. We must cut down the carbon emissions to prevent global warming. To do this we can begin by doing small things in our daily lives, like walking or taking shorter showers.