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Environmental scientists have
news that
of the Amazon are emitting more carbon dioxide than they are absorbing. The rainforest is
producing over a billion tons of CO2 a year. The Amazon used to be a carbon "sink" where CO2 was sucked up and converted into
. It has now become a
of carbon dioxide. The biggest reasons for this
from sink to source are
, deforestation and forest
. The Amazon is losing its nickname of being the
of the world. Researchers predict the rainforest will create CO2 at an accelerating rate in the
.
