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The Amazon May Now Actually Be Making Climate Change Worse, Scientists Warn – ScienceAlert

It’s no secret that the world’s largest tropical rainforest, the Amazon, is under immense pressure, nearing an ecological tipping point and at risk of collapsing….

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It’s no secret that the world’s largest tropical rainforest, the Amazon, is under immense pressure, nearing an ecological tipping point and at risk of collapsing.
But the situation is much worse than perhaps we realize, according to new research that suggests the Amazon’s bleak future has arrived in the wake of rampant deforestation.  
The new research the most comprehensive assessment of the Amazon Basin’s influence on global climate to date found that with fires, drought, and land clearing, the…

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