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Amazon Burning Not An Oxygen Problem: 20% Figure At Least Three Times Too High
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Amazon Burning Not An Oxygen Problem: 20% Figure At Least Three Times Too High

Coverage of the fires raging in the Amazon rainforest are incredibly concerning, but many stories describing the fires include the inaccurate figure that the Amazon represents 20% of the planet’s oxygen production. Multiple climate scientists have pointed out that this …
August 23, 2019, 2:59 pmMarch 1, 2023

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