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Carbon absorbed by Amazon has halved since 90s, says study
2015-03-19 16:37:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: A study has found that the net carbon uptake of the Amazon forest as halved since the 1990s. Researchers warn that the findings have implications for climate change and emission reduction targets. The research, which was led by the University of Leeds and published in the journal Nature, notes that the amount of carbon absorbed by the Amazon peaked in the 90s at two billion tonnes each year, however, this has halved and is now, for the first time, being overtaken by fossil fuel emissions in Latin...
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