Major drought in Brazilian rainforest

[Rex_Mundi_Incarnit]

The irony of it, but it's true. For months on end not a drop of rain has fallen in the Brazilian rainforest. This drought is severely affecting Brazil as well as Peru. Go here (http://news.google.co.uk/news?q=drought+amazon&hl=en&lr=&sa=N&tab=nn&oi=newsr) for the latest updates and pictures. No major disease outbreak has occurred yet, but due to the dirty waters of the amazon, filled with dead fish, it is only a matter of time. Meteorologists say this is not due to global warming, but i say it surely is a contributor. Other explanations are that Brazilian meteorologists think the weather in the Amazon is affected by sunspots and water temperatures in the Pacific Ocean - factors which vary in regular patterns. Deforestation is also a great contributor IMO.

http://i.a.cnn.net/cnn/2005/TECH/science/10/10/amazon.drought.reut/story.amazon.drought.ap.jpg

http://z.about.com/d/gosouthamerica/1/0/1/P/STS61C-33-84.jpg

[BALTY]

Soon to be renamed SUNFOREST!http://www.quinnware.com/forum/images/icons/icon6.gif All kidding aside... That's not sounding goodhttp://www.quinnware.com/forum/images/icons/icon4.gif
To think, just North of there they have flooding and mud slides!http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/ap/20051011/capt.xbl10910110307.guatemala_centam_flooding_xbl1 09.jpg?x=380&y=253&sig=jm1syGUI7McvglUi45GCDQ--
GUATEMALA and El Salvador

I guess this will be the next thing in the rainforest too! All the vegetation could be gone after the forest fires (being that it's so dry) then mudslides.http://www.quinnware.com/forum/images/emots/post/depressed.gif

[Todd The Kiwi]

deforestation sucks.
you have to at least replant what you cut down aye.
try telling some dude who is just trying to feed his family that though :depressed

[Rex_Mundi_Incarnit]

True enough, but the big companies are doing it too. Like McDonalds which allegedly cuts down trees to make way for pastries for cows to graze on :paranoid:

[Todd The Kiwi]

...Like McDonalds which allegedly cuts down trees to make way for pastries for cows to graze on :paranoid:i truly wonder what those lucky dutch cows get to eat, our cows eat grass :P

[Rex_Mundi_Incarnit]

i truly wonder what those lucky dutch cows get to eat, our cows eat grass :P

That's co-incidential! Our cows eat grass too :biggrin: Or in the winter, hay.

[BALTY]

grass and corn fed here! -> Ohio I mean.

[rorythedog]

"pastries for cows to graze on...". Excellent man. Your cows are spoiled man.

I think the word you're looking for is "pastures".

Lol. The wife liked that one too.

[acushla]

That's co-incidential! Our cows eat grass too :biggrin: Or in the winter, hay.

Hay is just grass that is called hay. :silly:

[rorythedog]

Hay is just grass that is called hay. :silly:

Not exactly. Look here (http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=hay) .

[Rex_Mundi_Incarnit]

"pastries for cows to graze on...". Excellent man. Your cows are spoiled man.

I think the word you're looking for is "pastures".

Lol. The wife liked that one too.

Ooooooh ha ha now i get it! Forgive me for unintentionally making a joke here. :cross-eye

[WHAT?]

http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn8120
Interesting news from the science world. Hope this will help those in the worst areas of mosquitoes and the battle against malaria!