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Amazon watch: What happens when the forest disappears?
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Amazon watch: What happens when the forest disappears?

Brazilian and American scientists are keeping watch for a critical tipping point – the time when the Amazon ceases to be a carbon sink and turns into a source of carbon emissions.

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Forests emerge as a major overlooked climate factor
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Forests emerge as a major overlooked climate factor

When Abigail Swann started her career in the mid-2000s, she was one of just a handful of scientists exploring a potentially radical notion: that the green plants living on Earth's surface could have a major influence on the planet's climate.

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