Burning rainforest (IMAGE)

University of Kansas

Burning rainforest

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Fires burning in the Amazon rainforest.  A study in Nature by an international team of researchers, including from the University of Kansas, shows the hotter, drier Amazon is a net source of global carbon emissions.

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Gatti et al.

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