NO RAIN IN THE AMAZON: How South America's Climate Change Affects The Entire Planet

Acting as the planetÆs air conditioner, the rainforest sucks up millions of tons of greenhouse gases and stores them safely out of the atmosphere.áSouth America's deforestation threatens to unleash a kind of ôcarbon bombö that will add to our already deteriorating climate difficulties. As he travels across Peru and Brazil, recognized South America expert Nikolas Kozloff talks to locals, scientists and activists about the rainforest and what should be done to avert its collapse.á Drawing on his expertiseáof South American politics, Kozloff argues thatácooperation between the world's countries is essentialáin turning back the tide ofáclimate change and thatáthe fate ofáthe planet depends on our response toáenvironmental problems within the southernáhemisphere.