Climatologist Carlos Nobre, an international reference in matters related to global warming, warns of the risk that Brazilian biomes run of ceasing to exist due to the advance of deforestation, climate change and the contribution of human action to the climate crisis.
This week’s guest CNN Interviews Nobre cites, for example, the extension of the dry season in the south of the Amazon, which is four to five weeks longer than it was 40 years ago.
“If it lasts six months there, there is no way to maintain the Amazon rainforest any longer. Six months of dry season is the climate of the Cerrado,” he says.
Nobre agrees with the statement made last week by Minister Marina Silva, of the Environment and Climate Change, that the Pantanal could cease to exist by the end of this century.
“The Pantanal will disappear by the end of the century. It may even disappear before the end of the century. The area covered by water in the Pantanal has already decreased by more than 30% since 1985. So the minister is quite right to draw attention to this,” says Nobre.
“It’s not just the risk of the Amazon reaching the point of no return. We are at risk of the Caatinga becoming semi-desert, the Cerrado becoming very semi-arid, the Amazon becoming savannas and the Pantanal disappearing by the end of the century. All of these risks exist,” he says.
Considered one of the most respected Brazilian scientists inside and outside the country, Carlos Nobre built a large part of his career at the National Institute for Space Research, was director of the National Center for Monitoring and Alerts for Natural Disasters and secretary at the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation.
Committed for decades to highlight the effects of climate change and its impact on the Amazon, he was part of the international team that, together with former American Vice President Al Gore, received the Nobel Peace Prize for warning about the risks of global warming.
Nobre is the first Brazilian to join the Planetary Guardians group, which brings together researchers from around the world to study climate issues.
The full interview will air on CNN this Sunday (8), at 11 am.
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This content was originally published in “All biomes are at risk”, says Carlos Nobre to CNN on the CNN Brasil website.
Source: CNN Brasil
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