Amazon's+recovery+from+forest+losses+limited+by+climate+change


 * Article:** Amazon's Recovery from forest losses limited by climate change
 * Source:** Science Daily News
 * Article Publication Date:** 15 November 2017
 * Written:** 15 November 2017
 * Link:** https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/11/171115124922.htm

Summary
This article explains that the growth and recovery of forests from deforestation (specifically the Amazon forest) is being interrupted by climate change. According to the article, replanting forests would be effective in reducing global warming, had it not been for the fact that forests replanted today will only be receive two thirds of the carbon they lost to deforestation and climate change. This research, which was conducted using artificial intelligence and satellites, identifies a drier climate in the Amazon as a main cause for this limited growth. The dry climate limits the growth of the trees and their access to carbon. This new finding may reduce our dependency on replanting forests to help reduce the effects of climate change, as it may no longer be a reliable option.

Relation to Class
The main focus of this article is climate change and deforestation, is covered in Chapter 24 of our textbook, "Sustaining Ecosystems: Deforestation, Biodiversity, and Forest Management." This article involves the regrowth of the Amazon forest after deforestation, which was one of the several forest areas destructed throughout the twentieth century (Miller 651). The article is specifically concerned with the regrowth of forests to reduce the effects of global warming, as deforestation has created a negative impact on the climate. Forests affect and regulate climate, which is why deforestation resulted in a surge of global warming (Miller 646).

Opinion
I support the research conducted in this study, and I believe we should still continue to regrow forests in addition to finding new ways to recover lost tree life. Recovering forests is important in reducing the effects of global warming. To recover forests, we need to regrow them, but, as shown by this study, regrowing forests may no longer be the most effective option as the recovery of forests is limited by climate change. This means we must support new research and find new methods to help our forests recover from deforestation so they can reduce global warming. Global warming itself is a problem, and factors causing global warming need to be reviewed so we can reduce additional global warming.

Law
The //Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976// relates to this article, as it gave the government authority to manage land. This means the government can control the deforested areas and find ways to effectively reduce global warming- whether it be regrowing forests, or finding different research methods.




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-Aman Kapoor