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Yet another way that humans are wrecking tropical forests
2015-12-19 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: If the world is going to meet its goal of limiting planetary warming to less than 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, well have to burn dramatically fewer fossil fuels -- but thats not enough. Well also need nature on our side, and that means dramatically halting the rate of deforestation so that tropical forests around the world stop losing their carbon to the atmosphere (currently contributing between 7 to 17 percent of global emissions) and start pulling it in again. A new study...
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