British scientists say Amazon rainforest could be reduced by half over the next 20 years. A report by tropical forest ecologist Dr. Daniel C. Nepstad and fellow scientists recently published in Philosophical Transactions of the British Royal Society, shows that if current rates of deforestation continue unchecked, 55% of South America’s Amazon rainforest could be decimated by logging, drought, and fire over the next two decades.

In the process, 15-26 billion tons of CO2 gas would be released into the atmosphere, significantly compounding the problem of global warming. Thank you, Dr. Nepstad and esteemed scientists and God bless you for this very valuable research.

May conservation and other protective measures help slow the rate of deforestation so that the mighty Amazon rainforest is returned to her magnificent, pristine state.