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Topic: South America

An aerial view of the Amazon rainforest
Science
Wednesday, 6/24, 12:43 PM

Why the Amazon rainforest matters to the whole planet

  • The world's largest tropical rainforest stores vast amounts of carbon, generates rain for a continent, and shelters roughly a tenth of known species.
  • Scientists warn that deforestation and warming are pushing parts of it toward a dangerous threshold.

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