Plans to pave Brazil’s trans-Amazon highway could accelerate deforestation
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Deforestation has made the Amazon a net source of carbon dioxide, pushing it to the brink of a tipping point that accelerates climate change, according to a study using new technology to map rainforest carbon emissions from 2013 to 2022. It became clear that there was.
Despite historically being a carbon sink, the Amazon biome released more carbon than it absorbed in 2015-2016 and 2017-2018. Report by Planet LabsThe discovery was made by the satellite imagery company and non-profit organization Amazon Conservation.
Source: www.newscientist.com
