The climate tipping points
The Documentary Podcast
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The Amazon Rain Forest Is Creating a Cool Microclimate
An area of amazon rain forest roughly the size of a football pitch, is now being cleared every minute. Brazilian officials say there has been an aggressive increase in d forest station since election of president bulsonaro in january. The new president was elected on a promise to exploit the amazon. He's delighted his supporters by saying too much of the forest is protected.
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