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This Researcher Captured Air from the Amazon in Dive-Bombs--And Found Grim Clues That the Forest Is Dying

Sep 22, 2023
Researcher captures air from the Amazon using dive-bombs, revealing alarming findings about the forest's decline. Discussion on carbon dioxide concentrations, forest behavior, and the declining carbon sink in the Amazon. Climate change threatens the southern Amazon with a longer dry season and potential species extinction. Degradation of the eastern forest poses a threat to the entire Amazon ecosystem.
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