Leonardo DiCaprio To Anushka Sharma, Celebs Express Concern Over Surging Amazon Rainforest Fire
The fire at Brazil¡¯s Amazon rainforest is so intense that it can be seen from the space. So much so that the smoke from the fire managed to black out the sun in Sao Paulo on Monday.
We all know about the climate emergency at this hour, and this news just adds up to the urgency. The rainforest has been experiencing a record-breaking number of fires this year, by the way. 72,843 fires have been detected so far. Amazon rainforest is home to three million species of plants and animals and one million native people.
It¡¯s sad that no one is talking about it. Are we all entangled in the web of our own little issues that we forgot to care about the planet which provides us sustenance or life on it? It¡¯s a wake up call and finally now after 16 days people are talking about it.
From celebs like Anushka Sharma to Leonardo DiCaprio, everyone expressed concern on social media recently.
¡°Terrifying to think that the Amazon is the largest rain forest on the planet, creating 20% of the earth¡¯s oxygen, basically the lungs of the world, has been on fire and burning for the last 16 days running, with literally NO media coverage whatsoever! Why?,¡± asked Leonardo DiCaprio in an Instagram post.
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"The Amazon rainforest has been burning for weeks and we are only just finding out about this!! This is such a scary news! Amazon forests are the lungs of this already suffering planet and they are on fire now! I wish this got more importance from world media!! #saveamazon,¡± wrote Anushka Sharma.
"It's scary how bad the fire at the Amazon Rainforest is!! I can't even begin to imagine the impact this will have on the world environment. It is truly saddening. #PrayforAmazons," wrote Arjun Kapoor.
¡°Deniers of #ClimateChange we are being gutted by the fires caused by your denial! The Amazon forest, the lungs of our planet has been on fire for the last 16 days and more than 72000 fires have occurred already this year. When will world media give this more attention? #ClimateChangeIsReal #ActOnClimate #amazonia #amazonas," wrote Dia Mirza.
