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The Amazon Is Fast Approaching a Point of No Return
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The characteristic heat and humidity are preserved by the forest canopy, which shelters the jungle below from drying winds. Some 16,000 tree species in the Amazon help create this distinctive climate. They tend to be shallow-rooted. The soil is not nutrient-rich below the surface. Very little sun reaches the forest floor, and nutrients often wash away in torrential rains. The warm, wet conditions are perfect, however, for rapid decay of vegetation, like fallen leaves, fertilizing the ground cover for wide-reaching roots.
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It is a delicate ecosystem. And we are burning it down.
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