the scientists found that excessive logging combined with climate change could cause extreme heat in the country's north, threatening the lives of nearly 12 million people, who will be at high risk of heat—related illnesses within the next century. the amazon rain forest is the single largest remaining tropical rain forest in the world. it is home to about 3 million species of plants and animals and around 1 million indigenous people, whose lives are being increasingly threatened by climate change and deforestation. i'm joined now by dr paulo nobre, one of the lead authors of the study. thanks forjoining us. thanks for joining us. just thanks forjoining us. just tell us more about what your study has found. ., ~' ,, more about what your study has found. ., ~ ,, , found. thank you. yes, we were t in: to found. thank you. yes, we were trying to gauge _ found. thank you. yes, we were trying to gauge the _ found. thank you. yes, we were trying to gauge the impact - found. thank you. yes, we were trying to gauge the impact of. trying to gauge the impact of climate change and deforestation on heat waves. we have seen heat waves coming out of climate change everywhere around the globe, so what we did was we did a study, a controlled study, in which we ran our model with climate change and we