Huge Part of Amazon Rainforest Has Now Flipped to Emitting More CO2 Than It Absorbs
MARLOWE HOOD, AFP
15 JULY 2021
Climate change and deforestation have flipped a large swathe of the Amazon basin from absorbing to emitting planet-warming carbon dioxide (CO
2), a transformation that could turn humanity s greatest natural ally in the fight against global warming into a foe, researchers reported on Wednesday.
Hundreds of high-altitude air samples collected over the last decade showed that southeastern Amazon, in particular, has shifted from a sink to a source of carbon dioxide, the main greenhouse gas, they reported in the journal
2 emissions, which topped 40 billion tonnes in 2019.
Plíce planety kolabují Amazonie už brzy bude vypouštět víc CO2, než kolik ho pohltí
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Plíce planety kolabují Amazonie bude brzy vypouštět víc CO2, než kolik ho pohltí
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Blíží se bod zvratu Amazonie začne vypouštět víc CO2, než kolik ho pohltí
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