The recent satellite data from Brazil's space agency Inpe reveals that deforestation in the Brazilian portion of the Amazon rainforest hit a new record high last month.
As the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) states, the Amazon “is of vital importance because people around the world, as well as locally, depend on the rainforest. Not just for food, water, wood and medicines, but to help stabilise the climate — around 76 billion tonnes of carbon is stored in the Amazon rainforest. The trees in the Amazon also release 20 billion tonnes of water into the atmosphere per day, playing a critical role in global and regional carbon and water cycles.”
On the International Day of Forests 🌳🌲🌱, learn 6 things you can do to help the Amazon Rainforest!
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Forest Day - I'm having fun experimenting with and working with different color pallets, and seeing what they make me think of. I always want to consider the light of everything I draw, it's at kind of the heart of what I think of when I'm drawing.
My original art made in Procreate. Let me know if you have any trouble with the alt text or anything.
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Imagine a pinecone as heavy as a bowling ball and the size of a chihuahua. Believe it or not, such pinecones exist—and they belong to the coulter pine (Pinus coulteri), a conifer that can be found in parts of North America including California and Mexico. Infamous among loggers and foresters, this tree is nicknamed "the widowmaker" because of the unlucky individuals who met their fate as a result of its falling pinecones. This species produces the largest pinecones on the planet, weighing up to 11 lbs (5 kg)!
Photo: damontighe, CC BY-NC 4.0, iNaturalist
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Happy #InternationalForestDay
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January in southern Sweden, grey weather and short days.
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Happy International Forest Day Y’all.
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