In the Amazon Rainforest in August 2019, There Were 80,000

question 62

Essay

In the Amazon rainforest in August 2019, there were 80,000 human-caused fires burning in Brazil, an increase of 80 percent compared to 2018. Around the world, tropical rainforests are rapidly disappearing, as humans cut or burn them to provide lumber and agricultural land. Discuss the relationship of this loss of rainforests to climate change.

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