Wednesday, September 02, 2026
Amazon
Five salient points about the Amazon Rainforest.
From AI Gemini:
- World's Largest River Basin: The Amazon spans roughly 2.7 million square miles across nine South American nations (primarily Brazil, Peru, and Colombia). If it were a country, it would be the ninth-largest in the world by land area.
- Global Climate Regulator: The forest stores an estimated 150 to 200 billion metric tons of carbon. Its vast dense canopy drives global moisture cycles through "flying rivers"—massive atmospheric plumes of evaporated water vapor that influence rainfall patterns as far south as Argentina.
- Unparalleled Biodiversity: It is home to roughly 10% of all known species on Earth, including over 40,000 plant species, 1,300 bird species, and thousands of unique freshwater fish species in the Amazon River system.
- Human Diversity & History: Beyond its ecology, the region is home to over 30 million people, including roughly 400 distinct Indigenous groups. Archaeologists have discovered evidence that Indigenous peoples actively managed and enriched the soil (terra preta) for thousands of years prior to European contact.
- Desert-Fed Nutrient Cycle: In a fascinating global ecological connection, phosphorus-rich dust blown across the Atlantic Ocean from the Bodélé Depression in the Sahara Desert supplies crucial nutrients that fertilize the Amazon's nutrient-depleted soils each year.
photo from Wikipedia Commons
Mitski - 'My Love Mine All Mine'
We hear the chorus of this song all over the internet whenever someone is trying to invoke a sense of profound love in a video clip.
Tuesday, September 01, 2026
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