tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11109306.post111994833739802264..comments2024-03-28T23:42:23.455+08:00Comments on KTemoc Konsiders ........: USA wants to seize the Amazon?KTemochttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09951253039042572381noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11109306.post-1120010721648459042005-06-29T10:05:00.000+08:002005-06-29T10:05:00.000+08:00I stand corrected - I learn something new everyday...I stand corrected - I learn something new everyday, thanks to Anonymous.<BR/><BR/>According to this link http://www.madsci.org/posts/archives/sep2001/1001605307.Es.r.html the rainforests contribute approx 22% <I>(some other links says the Amazon alone provides 20% of Earth's oxygen, but suffice to say, it does generate a lot)</I>, while as Anonymous corrected me, the phytoplanktons produce some 32% of the O2.<BR/><BR/>The info on the link says that the figures are still debated upon, but most certainly the phytoplankton are doing a great job - and don't they dare stop!KTemochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09951253039042572381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11109306.post-1119977116360464932005-06-29T00:45:00.000+08:002005-06-29T00:45:00.000+08:00not true, the amazon forest isn't the principal ox...not true, the amazon forest isn't the principal oxygen producer, in fact doesn't produce that much mainly due to decomposition of the forest itself (they die, produce CO2). the main oxygen producers (50%) are ..... miss phytoplankton (single cell plant living in the oceans)i.e. by products of their photosyhthesis. We should thank them instead. But the amazon does have cool plants, animals and landscape.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com