More than half of Brazil is racked by drought. Blame deforestation. | Latin America’s largest country is being baked by its worst drought on record.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/09/12/brazil-drought/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNzI2MTEzNjAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzI3NDk1OTk5LCJpYXQiOjE3MjYxMTM2MDAsImp0aSI6IjFkMzE1NTYxLTJhOGYtNDRjOS04MTRlLWVlNzhmMjNkNzAzYyIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS93b3JsZC8yMDI0LzA5LzEyL2JyYXppbC1kcm91Z2h0LyJ9.izzpHTXHcX7AsI4vrw6AxG2QhogfGr1ZDXg6uAwW_Q0
by silence7
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Who could have known that burning down a rainforest would reduce the amount of rain? Why didn’t anyone say anything before all this started? /s
Greed has its price
And every year, they destroy more for farmland.
[Deforestation in the Amazon is mostly driven by animal agriculture.](https://ourworldindata.org/drivers-of-deforestation)
Do what matters. Go vegan.