Amazon rainforest is now contributing more CO2 than it’s absorbing
Amazon rainforest is now contributing more CO2 than it’s absorbing
Deforestation and burning is releasing carbon from the Amazon (Picture: Getty/Luciana Gatti)
Deforestation and climate change are being blamed for a huge shift that means the Amazon rainforest is emitting more CO2 than it is soaking up.
A fifth of the Amazon basin is now emitting more carbon than it can absorb, according to experts, turning an environmental symbol previously branded ‘the lungs of…
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