Scientists fear that the unprecedented drought in the Amazon could release billions of additional tons of carbon into the atmosphere. Philip Fearnside, an ecologist who has spent 45 years studying the Amazon, explains the causes and dangers of the drought and discusses measures to protect the rainforest.
As world leaders and their climate negotiators gathered at the COP28 climate summit in Dubai in early December, on the other side of the world, Brazil was experiencing an unprecedented drought in the Amazon . Scientists fear it could release billions of additional tons of carbon into the atmosphere.
In this episode of The Conversation Weekly podcast, we speak to an ecologist who has spent 45 years living in and studying the Amazon for causes of drought, why it’s so dangerous for the planet, and what can be done to protect the rainforest. Philip Fearnside lives in Manaus, a city of around 2 million people in Brazil’s Amazonas state. A professor at the country’s National Institute of Amazonian Research, he explains that right now, the region is suffering from a severe and unprecedented drought: It’s the lowest water levels at Manaus since data started being recorded in 1902, so 121 years. The trees are dying. There’s a big cannelier tree in my front yard that just died from one day to the next
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