scrAPES 11 - "Look At This: Rain Forest Here"

Look At This: Rain Forest Here by Lourdes Garcia - Navarro, is about the effects and what has happened to the rain forest in South America. The Amazon river is so big that it is half of the planets rain forest. Most of the Amazon is in Brazil, so what ever Brazil does, it matters, a lot. A fifth of the Amazon is already completely gone, which is ridiculous, only due to the size of the Amazon. By taking a huge amount of the Amazon out, it greatly effects the people and the environment. At the constant rate of deforestation in the Amazon, it will not affect the Earth but it will greatly affect us, humans. 

I chose this article because of the cover image. The cover image is a setting of burning grass and leaves with the words "Good Job, Brazil." written across the middle of the image. This struck an interest in me because it made me ask myself, how is burning leaves and plants a good thing? The  rate of deforestation has gone down substantially. 

This article relates to environmental science because of the deforestation happening. We all know that trees are a huge source of our oxygen, so by taking them away it greatly affects us. A fifth of the Amazon already have been wiped out which is roughly the size of West Virginia. Now that's just crazy. It is very difficult to stop people from deforestation but it can happen.