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Amazon rainforest reaching tipping point, researchers say

The world's largest rainforest is fast losing its ability to bounce back from human impacts, researchers say.

BBC News

“These latest findings are consistent with the accumulating evidence that the twin pressures of climate change and human exploitation of tropical forests are endangering the world’s largest rainforest, which is home to one out of every 10 species known to science.”

For context, about 70% of formerly forested land in the Amazon is used for cattle grazing.

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Hajime Sorayama

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