On Friday, March 4, 2016 at 9:45:50 AM UTC, Graham P Davis wrote:
On Fri, 4 Mar 2016 01:23:24 -0800 (PST)
Graham Easterling wrote:


. . . the rainforests have been destroyed to
such an extent that the Amazon basin is no longer a significant CO2
sink. (Google it & you'll see what I mean)

Apparently, the Amazon is now a net producer of CO2 due to the
decomposition of of vegetation resulting from illegal logging.


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Yes, I'd read that in a couple of recent years the Amazon basin had become a net exporter of CO2. Not too mention that significant effect deforestation has had on the climate of the basin.

Graham
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