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"Tropical forests are taking up less carbon dioxide from the air,
reducing their ability to act as “carbon sinks” and bringing closer the
prospect of accelerating climate breakdown.
The Amazon could turn into a source of carbon in the atmosphere, instead
of one of the biggest absorbers of the gas, as soon as the next decade,
owing to the damage caused by loggers and farming interests and the
impacts of the climate crisis, new research has found.
If that happens, climate breakdown is likely to become much more severe
in its impacts, and the world will have to cut down much faster on
carbon-producing activities to counteract the loss of the carbon sinks."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://www.xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
http://www.glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
http://www.sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
