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The Amazon Is on Fire, but Earth Has Plenty of Oxygen – The Atlantic

GeoKnow 27 August 201931 August 2019 SL3 - Global Resources, Biosphere, Hydrosphere, Oceans & Oceanography, World Issues (CGW-4U) No Comments

Despite what teachers, textbooks, authors, environmentalists and media commentators have been saying for decades, the fact is, most of the oxygen produced on Earth by photosynthesis is NOT from rainforests but from phytoplankton in the oceans. How many of you

Why Poor Places are More Diverse – MinuteEarth (again!)

GeoKnow 16 February 2015 Biodiversity, Biosphere 1 Comment

Gotta love these MinuteEarth guys and their witty, thoughtful animations. Why Poor Places are More Diverse, from just last month, is, particularly deep… I wasn’t sure what to expect when I clicked play, thinking this was about rich-poor in human