Published 3 years ago

Amazon rainforest now emitting more CO2 than it absorbs

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Since the 1960s, forests and plants have acted as ‘sinks’, taking in about a quarter of the world’s overall carbon emissions. The Amazon, by far the largest forest, has been key to this. But a combined effect of climate change, deforestation and fires have all weakened the process.

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BBC News

Climate change: Amazon regions emit more carbon than they absorb

Rising heat and deforestation cause eastern parts of the Amazon to become carbon sources, not sinks.

3 years ago·United Kingdom

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Yahoo News

Climate change: Amazon regions emit more carbon than they absorb

Rising heat and deforestation cause eastern parts of the Amazon to become carbon sources, not sinks.

3 years ago·Los Angeles, United States

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The Guardian

Amazon rainforest now emitting more CO2 than it absorbs

Cutting emissions is more urgent than ever with forest producing more than a billion tonnes of carbon dioxide a year

3 years ago·London, United Kingdom

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The Independent

Amazon rainforest no longer ‘carbon sink’ as it now emits more than it takes in

Parts of the Amazon are now emitting carbon rather than absorbing it, scientists say

3 years ago·London, United Kingdom

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Reuters

Over 10,000 species risk extinction in Amazon, says landmark report

By Stephen Eisenhammer and Oliver Griffin SAO PAULO/BOGOTA - More than 10,000 species of plants and animals are at high risk of extinction due to the destruction of the Amazon rainforest - 35% of which has already been deforested or degraded, according to the draft of a landmark scientific report published on Wednesday. Produced by the Science Panel for the Amazon (SPA), the report

3 years ago·United Kingdom

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CBC News

Over 10,000 Amazon rainforest species risk extinction, landmark report warns

More than 10,000 species of plants and animals are at high risk of extinction due to the destruction of Brazil's Amazon rainforest — 35 per cent of which has already been deforested or degraded, according to the draft of a landmark scientific report published Wednesday.

3 years ago·Canada

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