You’ve probably heard a bajillion times or so by now that the Amazon rain forest is the “lungs of the earth” and that the fires there put at risk “more than 20% of the world’s oxygen” supply:
The Amazon is vital in fight against global warming due to its ability to absorb carbon from air. It’s referred to as the “lungs of the Earth,” as more than 20% of the world’s oxygen is produced there.
Deforestation is considered the major contributing factor behind the fires. https://t.co/T0jfrEB9qK
— Alyssa Milano (@Alyssa_Milano) August 21, 2019
Now for the fact check from Bjorn Lomborg:
When people tell you the Amazon is the "lungs of the earth" they are just wrong.
The Amazon, like all other ecosystems, produce as much oxygen as they consume, thus their net production is about zerohttps://t.co/80AxzjZ1yF pic.twitter.com/8P6hf4riV0
— Bjorn Lomborg (@BjornLomborg) August 26, 2019
Lomborg took a shot at French President Macron who still has the bogus photo up that we told you about on Sunday:
So, yes, Macron is just awfully wronghttps://t.co/UmYXFFkqq4
(and his picture is over 20 years old, https://t.co/Xndv86e3E7)
— Bjorn Lomborg (@BjornLomborg) August 26, 2019
Libs, it’s time to calm down:
Broeker pointed out long ago, that even if all plants, on land as well as at sea, were killed off and then decomposed, the process would consume less than 1 percent of the atmosphere’s oxygenhttps://t.co/6CZGtiWY3l pic.twitter.com/PffzFrGXjG
— Bjorn Lomborg (@BjornLomborg) August 26, 2019
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Related:
Dear climate alarmists: We regret to inform you that NASA declared the fires in the Amazon to be 'close to the average in comparison to the past 15 years' https://t.co/fhHN4ANBia
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) August 24, 2019
Emmanuel Macron, celebs BUSTED sharing fake viral photos of the Amazon fires https://t.co/tehFeq5cRI
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) August 23, 2019