Over the last few days, Amazon – the largest rainforest in the world – experienced a record number of fires. The devastation was so extreme that it could even be seen from space.
Amazon, which is home to nearly three million species of plants and animals, has experienced forest fires so intense that it caused a blackout in the city of São Paulo – which is actually 3300 kms away.
Even though the forest fires have been going on for some time, there has been little to no media coverage on it and even Brazilian authorities are yet to take appropriate action. Consequently, people took to Twitter to express their concern over such a vital loss to the environment:
It is incredible that so many people donated to the Notre Dame Cathedral, but nobody cares about the current state of the Amazon.
— _sky (@sky89676199) August 22, 2019
Nobody seems to be interested in everything that is being lost; 500 thousand hectares and 50% of the species in our world.#PrayForTheAmazon pic.twitter.com/dsd17fcowG
I don’t know what to say. Basically we don’t deserve this world. #PrayForTheAmazon pic.twitter.com/60clPE9vfD
— Tanya Gupta (@tanyag5) August 22, 2019
This is a glass of water filled with rain water in São Paulo, Brazil.
— Madreelefante (@madreelefante) August 22, 2019
This was taken today. #PrayForTheAmazon pic.twitter.com/XlhxGMSJNH
We are in the end game now. #PrayForTheAmazon #PrayforAmazonia pic.twitter.com/KcIJrE2KFs
— Mann (@Mann_shah27) August 22, 2019
#PrayForTheAmazon
— Surya Forever (@SuryaForever5) August 22, 2019
Jus see this clip heart breaking 💔😢 pic.twitter.com/vLkvB3uDCO
Earth will survive climate change. We won’t.#PrayForTheAmazon pic.twitter.com/vDTqiiyijy
— Ambar (@AmbarSrivastav1) August 22, 2019
#AmazonFire
— Natalie H. (@nalhiet) August 22, 2019
There are priority.
Only we have one planet, one chance pic.twitter.com/IzAc5gl3CO
Why is this not running 24hrs? Why aren’t governments across the globe sending support to fight this unprecedented fire?! #AmazonFire pic.twitter.com/uQ7tKklIiu
— Joey Lopez-Powell🆘 (@JustJoeyLopez) August 22, 2019
All this money for a building of a made up religion but nothing for the place that literally keeps up alive
— iMajor🤙🏽 (@iMajorAoD) August 21, 2019
This world is disgusting#PrayForTheAmazon #AmazonRainforest #AmazonFire pic.twitter.com/O5AThZYQKD
The Amazon Forest produces more than 20 percentage the world’s oxygen and is home to more than half of the world’s species of plants, animals and insects. It has been burning for 3 weeks and we have just found out about it! 😿 #PrayForTheAmazon #AmazonFire pic.twitter.com/3CPykQt3ns
— Shekhar 🇮🇳 (@Shekhar_O7) August 22, 2019
millions cried and raise money when a building caught fire but the Amazon is burning and suddenly people don’t give a shit. Every news station should be reporting this! it’s heartbreaking look at it!! Come on people!! #AmazonFire #PrayforAmazonas pic.twitter.com/skNvfUxHkl
— Syed Shahmeer Ali (@SyedShahmeerPTI) August 22, 2019
Terrifying to think that Amazon, the largest rain forest on the planet that creates 20% of the earth’s oxygen, has been on fire and is burning fort the last 16 days continuously.
— Nausheen Khan (@DrNausheenKhan) August 22, 2019
They are literally the lungs of the world. Stand with Amazon. Pray for Amazon.#Brazil #AmazonFire pic.twitter.com/2erIjjIyyw
our forests are suffering. our oceans are suffering. our planet is dying. we have one earth, our HOME, and this is how we treat it? #AmazonFire #SaveOurPlanet pic.twitter.com/XRAyJY1XmB
— sam. (@kingofmjj) August 22, 2019
Amazon is on fire for 2 weeks. It’s smoke has caused a blackout in São Paulo & giant plumes can be seen from space. This year 72,000 fires have been reported, the highest number ever recorded. Amazon rainforest produces 20%+ of earth’s Oxygen.🔥🔥🔥#PrayforAmazonas #AmazonFire pic.twitter.com/jfJgolzBrs
— Danyal Gilani (@DanyalGilani) August 22, 2019
This hurts a lot😐.. Fucking media😠#AmazonFire pic.twitter.com/L2ogBykbKB
— Vignesh G (@vigneshkumarGk) August 22, 2019
Its heartbreaking to see animals like this .
— Time (@vbv123tan) August 22, 2019
That’s very scary and painful .#PrayforAmazonas #PrayforAmazonia #AmazonFire pic.twitter.com/fvBGCVcj8H
If you won’t be mad just looking at these photos, I don’t know what are you! This world is fucked up!! What did you do these poor animals?!!🤬🤬🤬#PrayforAmazonas #AmazonFire #PrayForTheAmazon ctto pic.twitter.com/zfXyUAPNXv
— Abby Cubilla-Padilla (@belleame1225) August 22, 2019
The Amazon Rainforest in particular is known as ‘the Lungs of the World’ because it sucks up global emissions of carbon dioxide, and about 20% of earth’s oxygen is produced by the Amazonia.
— Raksha Ramaiah 🇮🇳 (@RakshaRamaiah) August 22, 2019
And now its burning due to man’s greed and nature’s fury. #AmazonFire #PrayfortheAmazon pic.twitter.com/0thpZHPsiZ
We need to save our the planet
— Ayan Sarkar (@ayansarkarindia) August 22, 2019
We need to save our environment
We need to protect our forest
Please take action it
Save Amazon #AmazonFire #AmazonForest pic.twitter.com/zPqgPg5ouD
We need to do something. Now.#AmazonFire#amazonasenllamas #PrayForTheAmazon pic.twitter.com/NNdcsC5rOl
— La Jose (@JoselinCorral3) August 22, 2019
Need to act now! #AmazonFire #PrayforAmazonia pic.twitter.com/PRfUyt1uDo
— Charu Tripathi (@0210Charu) August 22, 2019
We need to care about this. #AmazonFire #PrayForTheAmazon pic.twitter.com/8yOeOSeW03
— Sam Jones (@actorsamjones) August 22, 2019
Amazon is literally the ‘lungs of Earth’, and it is imperative that appropriate measures are taken, and soon.
