Hanging In The Balance: The Future Of A Forest:...
Hanging In The Balance: The Future Of A Forest: http://t.co/0sAKTmsYhL via @youtube
March 11, 2013
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Hanging In The Balance: The Future Of A Forest
As the largest tropical forest on earth, the Amazon plays a critical role in regulating global climate, storing massive amounts of carbon and emitting 20 percent of the world's life-giving oxygen. But rapid deforestation has destroyed nearly a fifth of the rain forest and has brought it to a tipping point: if we lose much more of the Amazon, the damage will become irreversible.
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