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This is what the #ClimateEmergency looks like in #SouthAmerica right now.

Aug/2019:

#Chile’s worst drought in 6 decades: "Cattle ...collapsing where they stand & reducing to skeletons in the baking heat & boats...left abandoned in dried-out marinas." https://news.sky.com/story/chile-turning-to-desert-in-worst-drought-in-60-years-11792743

Parts of Chile 'turning to desert' in worst drought in 60 years

"We are talking about desertification rather than a temporary drought," says the director of Chile's resilience institute.

https://news.sky.com/story/chile-turning-to-desert-in-worst-drought-in-60-years-11792743

This is what the #ClimateEmergency looks like in #SouthAmerica right now.

20/Aug/2019:

#Brazil: "In the height of daytime on Monday, the sky suddenly blackened, and day became night in Sao Paulo." https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2019/08/20/sudden-darkness-befalls-sao-paulo-western-hemispheres-largest-city-baffling-thousands/?noredirect=on

Smoke plunges Sao Paulo into sudden darkness, baffling the Western Hemisphere’s largest city

Blackness descended on Sao Paulo in the middle of the day Monday, the result of smoke from wildfires thousands of miles away mixing with a cold front.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2019/08/20/sudden-darkness-befalls-sao-paulo-western-hemispheres-largest-city-baffling-thousands/?noredirect=on

This is what the #ClimateEmergency looks like in #SouthAmerica right now.

Aug/2019:

#Amazon wildfire increases in #Brazil since 2018:

Mato Grosso: 260%

Rondonia: 198%

Para: 188%

Acre: 176%

Rio de Janeiro: 173% https://www.poandpo.com/news/wildfires-in-brazil-up-82-percent-from-january-to-august-2082019816

Wildfires in Brazil up 82 percent from January to August

The number of forest fires in Brazil increased by 82 percent from January to August in 2019 compared to the same period last year, the country\'s National Institute for Space Research (Inpe) said on...

https://www.poandpo.com/news/wildfires-in-brazil-up-82-percent-from-january-to-august-2082019816

This is what the #ClimateEmergency looks like in #SouthAmerica right now.

8/Feb/2019:

#Argentina: "Heatwave turns 'gateway to Antarctic' into beach town" https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2019/02/05/Heatwave-turns-gateway-to-Antarctic-into-beach-town/6811549385861/

Heatwave turns 'gateway to Antarctic' into beach town

Unusually warm weather turned the gateway to the Antarctic into a beach outing area as the unexpected heat forced authorities to declare a work holiday.

https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2019/02/05/Heatwave-turns-gateway-to-Antarctic-into-beach-town/6811549385861/

This is what the #ClimateEmergency looks like in #SouthAmerica right now.

Feb/2019:

"much of the country's last decade has been marked by a severe & persistent drought ... #Venezuela has also lost 4 of its 5 glaciers since the 1990s" https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/where-climate-change-fits-into-venezuela-rsquo-s-ongoing-crisis/

Where Climate Change Fits into Venezuela’s Ongoing Crisis

A severe and persistent drought has led to rationing of water and electricity from hydropower

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/where-climate-change-fits-into-venezuela-rsquo-s-ongoing-crisis/

This is what the #ClimateEmergency looks like in #SouthAmerica right now.

11/Jul/2019:

"In the last 18 months, #Colombia has lost nearly 100,000 acres of coffee plantations, more than 4% of the land under coffee cultivation" https://e360.yale.edu/features/as-climate-changes-colombias-small-coffee-farmers-pay-the-price

As Climate Changes, Colombia’s Small Coffee Farmers Pay the Price

Hundreds of Colombia’s small coffee growers have stopped cultivating the bean in the face of low prices and reduced harvests linked to a shifting climate. As farmers struggle, the nation’s scientists...

https://e360.yale.edu/features/as-climate-changes-colombias-small-coffee-farmers-pay-the-price

This is what the #ClimateEmergency looks like in #SouthAmerica right now.

Feb/2019:

#Ecuador has 7 glaciers. 2 could be lost in the new few years due to #ClimateChange. https://www.efe.com/efe/english/technology/climate-change-threatens-2-of-ecuador-s-7-glaciers/50000267-3901514

Climate change threatens 2 of Ecuador's 7 glaciers

Ecuador could lose two of its seven glaciers over the next few years thanks to global warming, a phenomenon that worries experts because it would alter the paramo ecosystem and its effect on the natio

https://www.efe.com/efe/english/technology/climate-change-threatens-2-of-ecuador-s-7-glaciers/50000267-3901514

This is what the #ClimateEmergency looks like in #SouthAmerica right now.

12/Jun/2019:

New Study: 'Monkeys living in South America are highly vulnerable to climate change and face an "elevated risk of #extinction"' https://www.stir.ac.uk/news/2019/06/monkeys-face-climate-change-extinction-threat/

Monkeys face climate change extinction threat | About | University of Stirling

Monkeys living in South America are highly vulnerable to climate change and face an “elevated risk of extinction”, according to a new University of Stirling-led study.

https://www.stir.ac.uk/news/2019/06/monkeys-face-climate-change-extinction-threat/

This is what the #ClimateEmergency looks like in #SouthAmerica right now.

7/Aug/2019:

"Deforestation of the #Amazon rainforest increased by 278% in July 2019 compared with July 2018, resulting in the destruction of 870 sq mi (2,253 sq km) of vegetation" https://www.livescience.com/66120-amazon-rainforest-deforestation-bolsonaro.html

Amazon Deforestation Shot Up by 278% Last Month, Satellite Data Show

https://www.livescience.com/66120-amazon-rainforest-deforestation-bolsonaro.html

This is what the #ClimateEmergency looks like in #SouthAmerica right now.

23/Aug/2019:

#Bolivia "authorities warned this week that 70% of the department of Santa Cruz [more than a quarter of the population] ... is under "extreme risk" from forest fires.' https://www.euronews.com/2019/08/22/bolivia-like-neighbour-brazil-battles-intense-wildfires-that-have-so-far-burnt-500-000-hec

Bolivia, like neighbour Brazil, battles intense wildfires

About 70% of Bolivia's Santa Cruz department — where more than a quarter of the country's population lives — is under "extreme from forest fires.

https://www.euronews.com/2019/08/22/bolivia-like-neighbour-brazil-battles-intense-wildfires-that-have-so-far-burnt-500-000-hec

This is what the #ClimateEmergency looks like in #SouthAmerica right now.

6/Jul/2019:

"The catastrophic loss of another fifth of #Brazil’s rainforest could happen within one generation. It’s happened before. It’s happening now." https://theintercept.com/2019/07/06/brazil-amazon-rainforest-indigenous-conservation-agribusiness-ranching/

On the Front Lines of Bolsonaro’s War on the Amazon, Brazil’s Forest Communities Fight Against...

Without action, the loss of another fifth of Brazil’s rainforest will trigger a cascading system collapse called “dieback” and release a carbon bomb.

https://theintercept.com/2019/07/06/brazil-amazon-rainforest-indigenous-conservation-agribusiness-ranching/

This is what the #ClimateEmergency looks like in #SouthAmerica right now.

25/Aug/2019:

#Chile's "government has declared an agricultural emergency in many areas to try to fast-track a series of relief measures for farmers..."
https://www.itzagoal365.com/science/worst-drought-in-decades-hits-chile-capital-and-outskirts/

This is what the #ClimateEmergency looks like in #SouthAmerica right now.

"The soil in the #Amazon rainforest is the poorest & most infertile in the world. If one cuts down the forest, it is irretrievably lost...What remains is washed out, worthless soil" https://www.dw.com/en/the-amazon-nutrient-rich-rainforests-on-useless-soils/a-50139632

Amazon: Abundant rainforests, useless soils

Rainforests in Brazil are burning. Their loss can never be restored. That's because these soils are not just infertile, they're the most nutrient-poor soils in the world — and they're unsuitable for...

https://www.dw.com/en/the-amazon-nutrient-rich-rainforests-on-useless-soils/a-50139632

This is what the #ClimateEmergency looks like in #SouthAmerica right now.

"... if the #Amazon reaches a tipping point, it could become a dry savannah & will no longer be capable of supporting much of the wildlife that exists there today ..." https://truthout.org/articles/the-amazon-is-dying-and-bolsonaro-is-fanning-the-flames/

The Amazon Is Dying and Bolsonaro Is Fanning the Flames

Jair Bolsonaro has worked at breakneck speed to eliminate environmental regulations.

https://truthout.org/articles/the-amazon-is-dying-and-bolsonaro-is-fanning-the-flames/

This is what the #ClimateEmergency looks like in #SouthAmerica right now.

"...the intense drought affecting [ #Chile] & its possible consequences" are causing alarm. Agricultural emergencies have been declared in many regions.
https://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=46590&SEO=alarm-in-chile-over-lack-of-water

This is what the #ClimateEmergency looks like in #SouthAmerica right now.

30/Aug/2019:

#Amazon approaching 'die-back' tipping point ... "a nightmare scenario that could see much of the world’s largest rainforest erased from the earth" https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/30/world/americas/amazon-rainforest-fires-climate.html

‘It’s Really Close’: How the Amazon Rainforest Could Self-Destruct

Climate change and man-made fires could set off a cycle of self-perpetuating deforestation, scientists warn.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/30/world/americas/amazon-rainforest-fires-climate.html

This is what the #ClimateEmergency looks like in #SouthAmerica right now.

31/Aug/2019:

"For the 20 million living in [ #Brazil’s Porto Velho] region, now suffering a haul of respiratory problems, the government has provided little ..." https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/amazon-fires-brazil-children-school-smoke-bolsonaro-rainforest-a9085631.html

Children near Amazon fires having trouble breathing as villages choked with smoke

Hospitals now seeing a surge in respiratory problems as Porto Velho residents suffer under the cloud of smoke

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/amazon-fires-brazil-children-school-smoke-bolsonaro-rainforest-a9085631.html

This is what the #ClimateEmergency looks like in #SouthAmerica right now.

#Amazon fires: 'The only “winners” in burned forest are likely to be raptors and other predators' (including fascists) https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2019/08/how-the-amazon-rainforest-wildfires-will-affect-wild-animals/

What the Amazon fires mean for wild animals

“In the Amazon, nothing is adapted to fire.” 10 percent of Earth’s animal species live there.

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2019/08/how-the-amazon-rainforest-wildfires-will-affect-wild-animals/

This is what the #ClimateEmergency looks like in #SouthAmerica right now.

30/Aug/2019:

Peak ski season: "Skiers dodged rocks, patches of grass & muddy slush as they descended the slopes of #Chile’s El Colorado ski resort...And those were the good trails"
https://www.bloombergquint.com/onweb/giant-vultures-circle-slopes-in-truly-depressing-ski-season

This is what the #ClimateEmergency looks like in #SouthAmerica right now.

"the surface area of #Peru’s glaciers has shrunk by about 40% since the 1970s, and the tops of many glaciers no longer stay frozen year-round"
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-02566-9

This is what the #ClimateEmergency looks like in #SouthAmerica right now.

5/Sep/2019:

"Wildfires raging in #Bolivia's forests & grasslands since May have destroyed 1.7 million hectares (4.2 million acres)..." http://en.rfi.fr/contenu/20190905-bolivia-has-lost-17-million-hectares-fire-government

Bolivia has lost 1.7 million hectares to fire: government - RFI

Bolivia has lost 1.7 million hectares to fire: government

http://en.rfi.fr/contenu/20190905-bolivia-has-lost-17-million-hectares-fire-government

This is what the #ClimateEmergency looks like in #SouthAmerica right now.

5/Sep/2019:

"61% [of #Ecaudor's Chocó region, a biodiversity hotspot] has been deforested; one-fifth of that loss occurred between 2000 & 2018."
https://news.mongabay.com/2019/09/new-report-reveals-northern-ecuadorian-region-has-lost-61-percent-of-forests/

This is what the #ClimateEmergency looks like in #SouthAmerica right now.

9/Sep/2019:

#Chile's "Metropolitana region has suffered a 78% rainwater deficit & neighboring Valparaíso region has a similar deficit ... the Coquimbo region has an 83% deficit"
https://www.bnamericas.com/en/features/chile-fights-to-soften-blow-of-mega-drought

This is what the #ClimateEmergency looks like in #SouthAmerica right now.

11/Sep/2019:

"Eastern #Paraguay was once covered by wooded savannahs, grasslands & dense humid subtropical forest, but these habitats have been devastated [for] soybeans & beef."
https://globalforestcoalition.org/paraguay-cas-photo-essay/

This is what the #ClimateEmergency looks like in #SouthAmerica right now.

Sep/2019:

Clams "dying off in droves as waters warm off the coast of #Uruguay is one of the most vivid displays of the impacts of climate change." https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/paloma/the-energy-202/2019/09/11/the-energy-202-uruguay-s-clam-die-off-is-a-vivid-sign-of-global-warming-s-ripple-effects/5d77f65588e0fa7bb93a8a72/?noredirect=on

Analysis | The Energy 202: Uruguay's clam die-off is a vivid sign of global warming's ripple effects

A mysterious ocean hot spot off the coast is warming rapidly.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/paloma/the-energy-202/2019/09/11/the-energy-202-uruguay-s-clam-die-off-is-a-vivid-sign-of-global-warming-s-ripple-effects/5d77f65588e0fa7bb93a8a72/?noredirect=on

This is what the #ClimateEmergency looks like in #SouthAmerica right now.

12/Sep/2019:

"The drought in #Chile continues, and it is now expected to affect more regions and more fruit ... kiwi, apples and grapes ... will probably be affected the worst."
https://www.producebluebook.com/2019/09/12/chile-drought-to-affect-late-season-fruit-exports/

This is what the #ClimateEmergency looks like in #SouthAmerica right now.

Chimborazo is the highest mountain in #Ecuador. Global warming is "converting Chimborazo's gleaming ice to a sodden, pitted moonscape" https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/09/global-warming-has-made-iconic-andean-peak-unrecognizable

Global warming has made iconic Andean peak unrecognizable

Ecuador’s Chimborazo is being transformed by shrinking ice and greening slopes

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/09/global-warming-has-made-iconic-andean-peak-unrecognizable

This is what the #ClimateEmergency looks like in #SouthAmerica right now.

13/Sep/2019:

#Chile's Minister of Agriculture "did not know if the availability of water will be sufficient to grow fruits and vegetables next summer"
https://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=46901&SEO=chilean-minister-describes-drought-situation-as-highly-complex

This is what the #ClimateEmergency looks like in #SouthAmerica right now.

Nov/2017:

#Peru: Ping-Pong-ball-sized blueberries. (I've seen 'em!) "The reason so much water flows through this desert is that an icecap high up in the mountains is melting away" https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/26/world/americas/peru-climate-change.html

In Peru’s Deserts, Melting Glaciers Are a Godsend (Until They’re Gone)

Accelerating glacial melt in the Andes caused by climate change has set off a gold rush downstream, letting the desert bloom. But as the ice vanishes, the vast farms below may do the same.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/26/world/americas/peru-climate-change.html

This is what the #ClimateEmergency looks like in #SouthAmerica right now.

8/Feb/2019:

#Chile: rains in the Andes lead to floods in the Atacama desert below; in the south, high temperatures are causing wet woodlands to burn. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-02-08/world-s-driest-desert-floods-as-extreme-weather-conditions-mount?srnd=climate-changed

World's Driest Desert Floods as Extreme Weather Hits Chile

The world’s driest desert is flooding and some of the planet’s wettest woodlands are burning. Welcome to summer in Chile.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-02-08/world-s-driest-desert-floods-as-extreme-weather-conditions-mount?srnd=climate-changed

This is what the #ClimateEmergency looks like in #SouthAmerica right now.

9/Apr/2019:

#Brazil: "Heavy rains killed at least 10 people and left a trail of destruction in Rio de Janeiro ... 152 millimetres of rain fell in just four hours." https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/brazil-rio-rain-deaths-1.5091370

At least 10 dead in Rio de Janeiro after a month's worth of rain falls in just 4 hours | CBC News

Heavy rains killed at least 10 people and left a trail of destruction in Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday, raising questions about the city's preparedness to deal with recurring extreme weather.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/brazil-rio-rain-deaths-1.5091370

This is what the #ClimateEmergency looks like in #SouthAmerica right now.

9/Sep/2019:

" #Chile’s drought is not showing any signs of ending." https://www.nrdc.org/experts/carolina-herrera/chiles-ongoing-water-crisis-threats-and-needed-actions

Chile’s Ongoing Water Crisis: Threats and Needed Actions

From too much water to not enough, this critical resource presents unique challenges in the Metropolitan Region (MR) of Chile, the hub of the country’s bustling capital and nearly half of the Chilean...

https://www.nrdc.org/experts/carolina-herrera/chiles-ongoing-water-crisis-threats-and-needed-actions

This is what the #ClimateEmergency looks like in #SouthAmerica right now.

"one effect of forest loss in the #Amazon has largely been ignored: how it influences the river system and the fish living in it" https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/2019/09/amazon-fires-brazil-threaten-fish/

Amazon fish species at risk if fires destroy river habitat

The fires burning through the Brazilian Amazon are a threat to the fish that rely on forest flooding to survive, raising fears the fish will be lost.

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/2019/09/amazon-fires-brazil-threaten-fish/

This is what the #ClimateCrisis looks like in #SouthAmerica right now.

The South Atlantic 'warm blob' off the Uruguayan coast "has driven mass die-offs of clams, dangerous ocean heat waves & algal blooms, and wide-ranging shifts in #Uruguay's fish catch"
https://www.stuff.co.nz/environment/climate-news/115730703/the-day-the-yellow-clams-turned-black-dangerous-new-hot-zones-are-spreading-around-the-world

This is what the #DeforestationCrisis looks like in #SouthAmerica right now.

#Brazil: "It’s cheaper and easier to clear the forest than comply with the law, and there’s no real punishment for those who don’t." https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/amazon-burning-bolsonaro-novo-progresso-deforestation-885114/

The Lawless Frontier at the Heart of the Burning Amazon

Inside the battle for the Amazon rainforest's future — and ours — as Brazilian farmers vow to protect their way of life at any cost

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/amazon-burning-bolsonaro-novo-progresso-deforestation-885114/

This is what the #ClimateCrisis looks like in #SouthAmerica right now.

18/Sep/2019:

#Chile's drought worsening, now affecting 70%: "it has barely rained at all this year, the town’s reservoir is dry, and the summer ... hasn’t even begun yet." https://www.untvweb.com/news/chile-withers-as-70-of-the-country-stricken-by-drought/

Chile withers as 70% of the country stricken by drought | UNTV News

Chile is drying up and the problem is getting worse. A drought currently affects over 70% of the country according to the country’s climate change office and the previous decade has been the driest...

https://www.untvweb.com/news/chile-withers-as-70-of-the-country-stricken-by-drought/

This is what the #DeforestationCrisis looks like in #SouthAmerica right now.

"the Gran Chaco [in #Argentina, #Paraguay, #Bolivia & #Brazil] is one of the most deforested areas on the planet. Every month, an area twice the size of Buenos Aires is cut down"
https://news.mongabay.com/2019/09/gran-chaco-south-americas-second-largest-forest-at-risk-of-collapsing/

This is what the #ClimateCrisis looks like in #SouthAmerica right now.

#Bolivia: "the Andean glaciers are among those that shrink the fastest. Between 2000 and 2018, the glaciers lost an average of 23 billion tonnes of ice a year" https://www.france24.com/en/20190919-melting-snowcaps-spell-water-trouble-for-world-s-highest-capital

Melting snowcaps spell water trouble for world's highest capital - France 24

Melting snowcaps spell water trouble for world's highest capital

https://www.france24.com/en/20190919-melting-snowcaps-spell-water-trouble-for-world-s-highest-capital

This is what the #DeforestationCrisis looks like in #SouthAmerica right now.

New in Biol. Conservation: '"deforestation was positively associated with armed conflict intensity & proximity to illegal coca plantations,” especially in the #Colombian #Amazon'
https://news.mongabay.com/2019/09/deforestation-increase-dovetails-with-armed-conflict-in-colombia-study-finds/

This is what the #BiodiversityCrisis looks like in #SouthAmerica right now.

New in Science: 'instead of increasing downriver, fish diversity decreases closer to the mouth of the #Amazon, concentrating more upriver... "an unusual pattern"' https://www.scidev.net/global/biodiversity/news/amazon-fish-face-new-threats.html

Amazon fish ‘face new threats’

Fish diversity in the Amazon is declining because of climate change, deforestation and dams, scientists warn.

https://www.scidev.net/global/biodiversity/news/amazon-fish-face-new-threats.html

This is what the #DeforestationCrisis looks like in #SouthAmerica right now.

23/Sep/2019:

#Bolivia: "firefighters have started to retreat from the front lines of some ...forest fires ...The retreat is caused by the loss of hope to control the fire."
https://www.republicworld.com/world-news/rest-of-the-world-news/bolivia-firefighters-start-to-lose-hope-to-control-forest-fires

This is what the #ClimateCrisis looks like in #SouthAmerica right now.

23/Sep/2019:

"The installation of plants to desalinate sea water is being considered today by #Chilean authorities to combat the serious #drought that is affecting agriculture."
https://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=47237&SEO=chilean-government-seeks-alternatives-to-combat-drought

This is what the #ClimateCrisis looks like in #SouthAmerica right now.

24/Sep/2019:

#Chile: "Chilean Police Repress Demonstration Against Water Crisis"

"The national police beat demonstrators, dragged them off the road and arrested 17 protesters"
https://www.newsclick.in/Chilean-Police-Repress-Demonstration-Against-Water-Crisis

This is what the #ClimateCrisis looks like in #SouthAmerica right now.

24/Sep/2019:

" #Venezuela will be the first country in South America to lose all its glaciers"
https://www.apnews.com/3d4291063089460d9f32d87482f1364c

This is what the #ClimateCrisis looks like in #SouthAmerica right now.

25/Sep/2019:

#Chile: "government will convene a 'national unity' panel to confront the drought that affects 1/3rd of the country & is considered the most severe in the last 50 years."
https://www.plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn&id=47320&SEO=chilean-government-to-promote-national-debate-to-tackle-drought

This is what the #ClimateEmergency looks like in #SouthAmerica right now.

26/Sep/2019:

Epic drought continues in #Chile: "... more than 30,000 head of livestock have died of hunger or thirst, and crops have been lost for lack of rain ..."
https://news.mb.com.ph/2019/09/26/chiles-drought-devastates-ranchers-farmers/

This is what the #ClimateEmergency looks like in #SouthAmerica right now.

"... more than 2.3 million animals perished in fires burning in protected forest and grassland areas, such as the tropical savannas of the Chiquitania region in eastern #Bolivia."
https://earther.gizmodo.com/bolvias-forest-fires-have-left-more-than-2-million-anim-1838492071

This is what the #ClimateCrisis looks like in #SouthAmerica right now.

#Colombia: "Tinigua National Natural Park lost 16,000 ha between 2017 and July 2019, almost all of it primary forest, while the other parks also lost significant amounts of forest."
https://news.mongabay.com/2019/09/as-the-amazon-burns-colombias-forests-decimated-for-cattle-and-coca/

This is what the #ClimateCrisis looks like in #SouthAmerica right now.

#Bolivia
https://twitter.com/clairefrwordley/status/1178003699731439618

https://twitter.com/clairefrwordley/status/1178003699731439618

This is what the #EcologicalCrisis looks like in #SouthAmerica right now.

27/Sep/2019:

Oil spill of unknown origin "stretches over 1,500 km of #Brazil's northeast coast, affecting 46 cities and around 100 of the country's best beaches ..."
https://www.dw.com/en/source-of-vast-oil-spill-covering-brazils-northeast-coast-unknown/a-50600648

This is what the #EcologicalCrisis looks like in #SouthAmerica right now.

"South America’s second-largest forest, the Gran Chaco, is disappearing in plain sight."
https://www.fastcompany.com/90412903/south-americas-second-largest-forest-is-also-burning

This is what the #ClimateCrisis looks like in #SouthAmerica right now.

5/Oct/2019:

#Chile drought continues: "So far, 106,000 animals have died due to lack of water and fodder, mostly goats, cattle and sheep, according to the agriculture ministry."
https://www.france24.com/en/20191005-chile-s-drought-killing-thousands-of-farm-animals

This is what the #ClimateCrisis looks like in #SouthAmerica right now.

New in The Cryosphere: "Nearly 30% of #Peru’s glaciers have melted away since 2000 ... ice loss from 2013 to 2016 was four times faster than the previous four-year period"
https://e360.yale.edu/digest/peruvian-glaciers-have-shrunk-by-30-percent-since-2000

This is what the #ClimateCrisis looks like in #SouthAmerica right now.

"2019 is already the worst drought year in #Chile’s history"
https://www.bnamericas.com/en/news/no-end-in-sight-to-chiles-drought-crisis

This is what the #EcologicalCrisis looks like in #SouthAmerica right now.

"Decades of internal conflict have fueled an unprecedented surge in illegal mining in #Colombia’s Choco region, decimating the Atrato River basin ..."
https://news.mongabay.com/2019/10/toxic-river-mining-mercury-and-murder-continue-to-plague-colombias-atrato/

This is what the #ClimateCrisis looks like in #SouthAmerica right now.

"For 10 years now, central #Chile has experienced a ‘mega-drought’. The phenomenon ... has led to the creation of an agricultural emergency zone being declared [in] six ... regions."
https://dialogochino.net/30820-chiles-mega-drought-rolls-on/

This is what the #EcologicalCrisis looks like in #SouthAmerica right now.

12/Oct/2019:

"While fires have eased in the #Brazilian #Amazon, it's been a different story in another fragile region to the south - the #Cerrado savannah."
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-49971563

This is what the #EcologicalCrisis looks like in #SouthAmerica right now.

17/Oct/2019:

#Peru: "gold mining ... is destroying primary forests and has affected the basins of the Pintuyacu and Quimpichari rivers."
https://news.mongabay.com/2019/10/peru-gold-mine-operating-without-license-destroys-primary-forest-in-protected-area/

This is what the #EcologicalCrisis looks like in #SouthAmerica right now.

23/Oct/2019:

New in PNAS: "Tropical deforestation may spur the transmission of malaria at levels much higher than once thought"
https://news.mongabay.com/2019/10/malaria-deforestation-amazon/

This is what the #EcologicalCrisis looks like in #SouthAmerica right now.

Ventanas, #Chile: industrial pollution decimates a once-thriving fishing industry.

"... clams, limpets, abalone & crabs ... contaminated with copper, arsenic and cadmium"
https://news.mongabay.com/2019/10/the-tragedy-of-the-fishermen-of-ventanas-the-chilean-chernobyl/

This is what the #ClimateCrisis looks like in #SouthAmerica right now.

#Chile: "“There’s no water anywhere,” Mejias said. “The bees are suffering just the same as cattle, crops and people.”"
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-chile-environment-bees/decade-long-drought-in-chile-wipes-out-hives-as-bees-are-left-without-flowers-idUSKBN1XB3T5

This is what the #ClimateCrisis looks like in #SouthAmerica right now.

7/Nov/2019:

"Fires in #Brazil's Pantanal wetlands have [burned] an area the size of London in just the past 10 days, burning some animals alive and sending others fleeing."
https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/biggest-tropical-wetlands-ravaged-fires-brazil-66810808

This is what the #ClimateCrisis looks like in #SouthAmerica right now.

6/Nov/2019:

NASA has warned that "based on 20 years of ground and satellite data, "human activities are drying out the Amazon" and jeopardizing its ability to sustain itself."
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/11/06/fires-rage-worlds-largest-rainforest-nasa-warns-human-activities-are-drying-out

This is what the #EcologicalCrisis looks like in #SouthAmerica right now.

"4,500 sq. km of the Brazilian Amazon was deforested between 2017 & 2019 & then burned ... 65% of that deforestation occurred in 2019 alone"
https://news.mongabay.com/2019/11/deforestation-preceded-fires-in-massive-area-of-amazon-in-2019/

This is what the #EcologicalCrisis looks like in #SouthAmerica right now.

"Deforestation of the Brazilian Amazon has hit the highest annual level in a decade"

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/nov/18/amazon-deforestation-at-highest-level-in-a-decade

This is what the #ClimateCrisis looks like in #SouthAmerica right now.

#Chile: "Ranchers have seen tens of thousands of animals die. Beehives are getting wiped out, and reservoirs are running low."

https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/145874/long-term-drought-parches-chile?src=eoa-iotd

This is what the #ClimateCrisis looks like in #SouthAmerica right now.

"... because of a drought & a decline in planted area ... total Chilean table grape exports in 2019-20 will fall 3%, with apple exports down 7% and pear exports off 10%."

https://www.thepacker.com/article/drought-dings-chile-fruit-exports

This is what the #ClimateCrisis looks like in #SouthAmerica right now.

"the number of people stung by yellow scorpions across #Brazil jumped more than tenfold since the turn of the century, from 12,000 in 2000 to 156,000 last year"

https://www.citylab.com/environment/2019/11/yellow-scorpion-sting-danger-climate-change-sao-paolo-brazil/602620/

This is what the #ClimateCrisis looks like in #SouthAmerica right now.

"Fires in the #Amazon rainforest are likely to increase the rate of melting of Andean glaciers, potentially disrupting water supply for tens of millions of people ..."
https://www.afp.com/en/news/15/amazon-fires-quicken-andean-glacier-melt-doc-1mn5g61

This is what the #ClimateCrisis looks like in #SouthAmerica right now.

#Peru: "melting has added perhaps 4B gallons of water to [Lake Palcacocha], which is just waiting to breach the dam when the next hunk of hulking ice cap plunges into its depths"

https://www.cnet.com/features/climate-change-has-made-the-worlds-deadliest-lake-way-more-dangerous/

This is what the #DeforestationCrisis looks like in #SouthAmerica right now.

"Deforestation on protected indigenous lands in the #Amazon was almost three times higher than the loss of trees in the region as a whole and the highest since 2008"

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-brazil-environment/deforestation-on-brazilian-tribal-lands-highest-in-11-years-idUSKBN1YL2EE

This is what the #DeforestationCrisis looks like in #SouthAmerica right now.

"A surge in illegal gold mining in the Brazilian Amazon state of Pará is causing a dramatic rise in water pollution & deforestation..."

https://news.mongabay.com/2019/12/illegal-gold-rush-causing-irreversible-damage-to-rivers-in-the-brazilian-amazon/

This is what the #ClimateCrisis looks like in #SouthAmerica right now.

In 2018 #Peru produced 796% more blueberries than in 2015 & 81% more than in 2017.

Why? Because Peru's glaciers are melting: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/26/world/americas/peru-climate-change.html

Enjoy them while they last.

https://www.freshplaza.com/article/9166874/blueberry-production-in-peru-increased-by-796-in-four-years/

This is what the #ClimateCrisis looks like in #SouthAmerica right now.

25/Dec/2019, #Chile: "A wildfire raged through a residential area on the outskirts of the Chilean city of #Valparaíso on Tuesday, engulfing houses and prompting evacuation orders."

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/25/world/americas/chile-wildfire-christmas.html

"Nearly 245 homes were destroyed in the recent forest fire in the Chilean port city of #Valparaiso where 700 people were left homeless in the low-income area."

"the authorities have enough evidence to conclude that the fire was started deliberately"

https://www.republicworld.com/world-news/rest-of-the-world-news/chile-wildfire-leaves-700-people-homeless-in-port-city-of-valparaiso.html

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