The Amazon rainforest, long known as the 'lungs of our planet,' now releases more carbon than it absorbs
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Human activity, like deforestation, is turning the Amazon rainforest from a carbon sink into a carbon emitter. The Amazon rainforest has long been called the “lungs of our planet,” because of how it takes in and stores billions of tons of carbon dioxide. But the Amazon has been losing that ability. …
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