Sentences with phrase «lungs of the planet»
Let us mention, for example, those richly biodiverse lungs of our planet which are the Amazon and the Congo basins, or the great aquifers and glaciers.
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«The ocean, for me, is the lungs of our planet.
Some say the Amazon rainforest serves as the lungs of the planet.
I also met the wives, sisters and daughters of this farming community, who welcomed me into their world of untouched rainforests — the lungs of our planet — and into the beauty and spirituality of these spectacular surroundings.
The Amazon rain forest, popularly known as the lungs of the planet, inhales carbon dioxide as it exudes oxygen.
«If arboreal forests are the lungs of the planet,» says Walker, «the Southern Ocean is its heart.»
Instead of soaking up climate - warming gases on balance, these so - called «lungs of the planet» are beginning to release them.
Rainforests have been called «the lungs of the planet.»
World Ocean Day is observed on June 8 with the theme «Our Oceans, Our Future» geared inform, mobilize, unite the world's population for the sustainable management of the world's ocean, considered the lungs of our planet.
By: Heherson T. Alvarez former Senator who served as Environment and Climate Change Secretary World Ocean Day is observed on June 8 with the theme «Our Oceans, Our Future» geared inform, mobilize, unite the world's population for the sustainable management of the world's ocean, considered the lungs of our planet.
«I was immediately moved to do whatever I could to raise awareness of these people, who are fighting to protect the fragile rainforest — the lungs of planet Earth,» Terrin says.
Since 2005, Miller has been taking X-rays of lungs: the lungs of our planet.
THE PLANET: Rainforests are often called the lungs of the planet because they absorb carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, and produce oxygen upon which all animal life — including human life — depends for survival.
As everybody should know trees are the lungs of the planet.
When the celebrating ends, what will they do about the Amazon's «Lungs of the Planet»?
Tropical forests have been called the lungs of the planet.