https://padlet.com/sancma16/Research_Amazon_River_Basin_MS Final Research Project by Maritza Sanchez en-us 2019-07-23 04:32:38 UTC 2023-07-26 11:24:30 UTC hello@padlet.com https://imgglb.padletcdn.com/v13/image?t=g_auto&url=https%3A%2F%2Fpadlet.net%2Ficons%2Fpng%2F1f30d.png sancma16 https://padlet.com/sancma16/Research_Amazon_River_Basin_MS/wish/371989101 For example dams, creating more dams diminishes the biodiversity in the area because it disturbed the ecosystem in the Amazon River (Tundisj, Matsumura, Saraiva, p.705). In order for the dams to be built they are being built there has to be deforestation, which indeed changes the climate in the ecosystem. Since trees adsorb the carbon dioxide made mostly be humans. When they loose numerous trees the carbon dioxide that was once absorbed by the tree is going back out into the ecosystem and polluting not only the air put the water and soil. Which in ways affects the water, it affects the marine life, the acidity of the water, the drought and many others.
Reference:
Tundisi, J. G., Goldemberg, J., Matsumura-Tundisi, T., & Saraiva, A. C. F. (2014). How many more dams in the Amazon?, 74, 703–708.]]> 2019-07-23 04:32:38 UTC https://padlet.com/sancma16/Research_Amazon_River_Basin_MS/wish/371989101 sancma16 https://padlet.com/sancma16/Research_Amazon_River_Basin_MS/wish/371989103 Vol. of Drainage: Approximate 2,700,000 sq mi
Current Precipitation: ~2300 mm
Projected Changes in Precipitation: Fluxes between decreasing an increasing (low would be below 2000 mm and less and high would be over 3,000 mm) (Davidson, De Araujo, Artaxo, Balch, Brown, Busttamante,p.324)^a
References:
a. Davidson, E. A., de Araújo, A. C., Artaxo, P., Balch, J. K., Brown, I. F., C. Bustamante, M. M., … Wofsy, S. C. (2012). The Amazon basin in transition. Nature, 481(7381), 321–328. https://ntserver1.wsulibs.wsu.edu:2123/10.1038/nature10717

]]> 2019-07-23 04:32:38 UTC https://padlet.com/sancma16/Research_Amazon_River_Basin_MS/wish/371989103 sancma16 https://padlet.com/sancma16/Research_Amazon_River_Basin_MS/wish/371989105 A transboundary  Watershed is an area of land where all other  streams and/or rivers connect to  and make a large river in this case it would be the amazon River Basin which is the small watershed and the Atlantic Ocean which the water flows out to would be the large watershed for the Amazon River.
Picture Reference:
Tundisi, J. G., Goldemberg, J., Matsumura-Tundisi, T., & Saraiva, A. C. F. (2014). How many more dams in the Amazon?, 74, 703–708.

]]> 2019-07-23 04:32:38 UTC https://padlet.com/sancma16/Research_Amazon_River_Basin_MS/wish/371989105 sancma16 https://padlet.com/sancma16/Research_Amazon_River_Basin_MS/wish/371989106 Reference:
British Broadcasting Corporation. (2019, July 01). Amazon Deforestation - BBC News. Retrieved July 22, 2019, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYlnoxgqEWo]]> 2019-07-23 04:32:38 UTC https://padlet.com/sancma16/Research_Amazon_River_Basin_MS/wish/371989106 sancma16 https://padlet.com/sancma16/Research_Amazon_River_Basin_MS/wish/371992288 The Amazon Basin is one of the largest rivers (2nd largest) that contains a vast volume of freshwater that flows through South America rainforests into the Atlantic Ocean. The Amazon Basin River also has a large numbers of biodiversity in its ecosystem and perhaps even in the entire world! ]]> 2019-07-23 05:04:30 UTC https://padlet.com/sancma16/Research_Amazon_River_Basin_MS/wish/371992288 sancma16 https://padlet.com/sancma16/Research_Amazon_River_Basin_MS/wish/371997832 # of People reliant on system: According to  "How Many More Dams in the Amazon?" there are about 20 million people.
How water is used in the system: The water is used for drinking, and for crops.
Threats to water security: Drought from the deforestation, the lack of biodiversity would affect marine life which in turn would affect the rivers quality.
Reference:
Tundisi, J. G., Goldemberg, J., Matsumura-Tundisi, T., & Saraiva, A. C. F. (2014). How many more dams in the Amazon?, 74, 703–708.]]> 2019-07-23 06:13:44 UTC https://padlet.com/sancma16/Research_Amazon_River_Basin_MS/wish/371997832 sancma16 https://padlet.com/sancma16/Research_Amazon_River_Basin_MS/wish/371997986 Based on both articles the major used the Amazon River Basin has is the plant organisms and the water. Since the majority of people are living in poverty they survive of herbal plants as there primary care medicine. As for water they rely on it heavily for not only drinking but for growing there crops so they can have food resources.]]> 2019-07-23 06:16:09 UTC https://padlet.com/sancma16/Research_Amazon_River_Basin_MS/wish/371997986 sancma16 https://padlet.com/sancma16/Research_Amazon_River_Basin_MS/wish/371998105 What do I mean grow as a business? There are no longer priorities in the policies and the government enforcement in protecting the Amazon River Basin. Right now, people want to have more resource, have more money, more of everything. In result, what gets affected is the Amazons ecosystem which overall makes very big climate changes.]]> 2019-07-23 06:17:47 UTC https://padlet.com/sancma16/Research_Amazon_River_Basin_MS/wish/371998105 sancma16 https://padlet.com/sancma16/Research_Amazon_River_Basin_MS/wish/371998156 In "How many more dams in the Amazon?" is mentions that the key component of the Amazon River Basin is the global carbon cycle which at this moment is being affected by humans trying to grow as a business.]]> 2019-07-23 06:18:34 UTC https://padlet.com/sancma16/Research_Amazon_River_Basin_MS/wish/371998156 sancma16 https://padlet.com/sancma16/Research_Amazon_River_Basin_MS/wish/371998196 Before year 2010 there were policies and enforcers from the government that pushed to save and restore the Amazon River. However, as years passed there enforcing was not prioritized. Now what people are doing trying to get the word out with protests and fundings. Which is great! Especially since the Amazon is not only full of culture but also for people aesthetically pleasing.]]> 2019-07-23 06:19:03 UTC https://padlet.com/sancma16/Research_Amazon_River_Basin_MS/wish/371998196 sancma16 https://padlet.com/sancma16/Research_Amazon_River_Basin_MS/wish/371998267 As mentioned in class as well as in the book "Ready Player One" by Ernest Cline, overall the factors of climate change is that since people use resources and with more resource there are more people and with more people there is more demand in energy and with more demand in energy there is an increase in fossil fuels which in turn changes the climate change of that ecosystem.
Reference:
Cline, E. (2011). Ready player one. New York: Crown.]]> 2019-07-23 06:19:48 UTC https://padlet.com/sancma16/Research_Amazon_River_Basin_MS/wish/371998267 sancma16 https://padlet.com/sancma16/Research_Amazon_River_Basin_MS/wish/371999142 1) Decrease the amount of dams being build it would not harm are many of the organism or change the ecosystem,.
2) Prioritize the policies so there are regulations in how far they can cut down the trees or life in the Amazon River.
3) Try making less fossil fuels, no accident with dropping fuel into the water.]]> 2019-07-23 06:28:32 UTC https://padlet.com/sancma16/Research_Amazon_River_Basin_MS/wish/371999142 sancma16 https://padlet.com/sancma16/Research_Amazon_River_Basin_MS/wish/371999523 One of the alarming factors about the Amazon River Basin is the fresh water staying intact. However, it is very difficult to keep it intact when there are various pathways that contaminate the water quality. With the growth in population and need of energy there has been a greater need for a bigger power source.]]> 2019-07-23 06:33:18 UTC https://padlet.com/sancma16/Research_Amazon_River_Basin_MS/wish/371999523