Rainforest deforestation

A project for Social Awareness in Design on deforistation.

Use various statistical techniques to explore the relationship between deforestation and weather.

What is the relationship between deforestation and climate change? The Rainforest Alliance breaks down the numbers for you.

Preliminary data shows more than 5,000 sq km were cleared, still over six times the size of New York City.

A rise in illegal deforestation heightens the risk of fires in the Brazilian rainforest even more destructive than those that drew global outrage last year.

What’s at Stake Droughts. Floods. Shorter growing seasons. Economic insecurity. For communities around the world, climate change poses daunting challenges—and disproportionately impacts poor rural communities who depend on the land to live.

The Amazon rainforest has been on fire for the past three weeks recording the highest since 2013. As the number of fires increases at the Amazon, greenhouse gas emissions do too. This makes the planet's overall temperature rise. In addition to increasing emissions, deforestation contributes directly to a change in rainfall patterns in the affected region, extending the length of the dry season, further affecting forests, biodiversity, agriculture, and human health.

Deforestation of the Amazon Rainforest past and into the future. Do you like breathing. Better wake up now.

ENVIRONMENT Deforestation adds up. New research finds that the Amazon region could lose more than half of its tree species by the year 2050. (Scientific American) Use our resources to learn more ab…