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. …
“In the eastern part of the Amazon, which is around 30% deforested, this region emitted 10 times more carbon then in the west, which is around 11% deforested,” said lead author Luciana Gatti, with Brazil’s National Institute for Space Research (INPE).
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