By Beth Buczynski, Source: Inhabitat

Rainforest
In these times of global weirding, natural disasters can strike without rhyme or reason. Tornadoes, earthquakes, and forest fires appear more frequently and with more fury, even in areas as wild as the Amazon. To help protect this vital rainforest ecosystem from the destructive threat of fire, Chinese designers Jie Huang, Jin Wei, Qiaowan Tang, Yiwei Yu, and Zhe Hao conceived of a massive watertower skyscraper such as the world has never seen to stand watch over the Amazon. Called the “Rainforest Guardian,” this massive structure would serve as a water tower, a forest fire station, a weather station, and a scientific research center all rolled into one.
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