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Amazon rainforest stores carbon for the world, but this carbon sink is at risk, a study finds

Associated Press

BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — The Amazon rainforest contains almost two years of global carbon emissions, but is under threat as a carbon sink, according to a new study. The report released Monday said deforestation is the biggest immediate threat to the world’s largest rainforest, which has an area twice the size of India.

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