Scientists make alarming discovery: The Amazon has ‘flipped’ to become major producer of greenhouse gasses

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  • A new study in the journal Nature Climate Change analyzed the Brazilian Amazon’s carbon emission.
  • The Brazilian Amazon released 16.6 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide from 2010 through 2019.
  • The study also found that deforestation increased almost fourfold in 2019 from the previous two years.

A new report on Thursday found that over the last decade theBrazilian Amazon released approximately 20 percent more carbon dioxide than it absorbed.

According to the journalNature Climate Change, the Brazilian Amazon released 16.6 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide and only absorbed 13.9 billion tonnes from 2010 through 2019.


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