Amazon Near Climate Tipping Point, Indigenous People and Forest Care, Deep Time Reckoning: How Future Thinking Can Help Earth Now, and more
New research confirms that the damaged Amazon rainforest is now a net contributor to climate change overall, and parts of the Amazon are showing signs of nearing a crucial \u201ctipping point\u201d.\n\nBut there is hope for protecting the forest: Indigenous people have taken care of these forests for millennia, and now with the help of a nonprofit they\u2019re using GPS data to take a stand against illegal deforestation.\n\nAlso, many of us are fixated on the now, and in fact much of the environmental damage we are causing is an outcome of seeking short-term rewards at the cost of long-term sustainability. But the author of the book \u201cDeep Time Reckoning\u201d is on a mission to get us to think far beyond. He profiles safety experts in Finland working on how to prudently store nuclear power waste, which can be radioactive for millions of years.\n\xa0\n\xa0\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices