Brazil’s president is hosting a gathering of regional leaders as deforestation threatens the Amazon rainforest’s ability to help offset climate change
Brazil’s president hosts regional leaders as rainforest risks losing ability to help offset climate change The Amazon rainforest has long absorbed more carbon than it releases, but close to 20% of the original forest is now gone.
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