The 'lungs of the planet' are in danger of reaching a tipping point that could turn the Amazon rainforest into a savannah

10:55am PDT - July 30th, 2019    amazon rainforest - Business Insider

In July, the total amount of deforestation in the Amazon rainforest broke its previous one-month record, according to data from Brazilian satellites. About three football fields' worth of rainforest per minute are being lost, primarily to infrastructure proje…