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The
on the Amazon's CO2
has been published in the
"Nature". Researchers analysed 600 profiles of CO2 and carbon monoxide
produced by fires at various sites in Brazil's Amazon between 2010 and 2018. They found that the
produced about 1.5 billion tons of CO2 a year, while forest
removed just 0.5 billion tons. The researchers said the difference of one billion tons left in the
is equivalent to the annual emissions of Japan, which is the world's fifth-largest
. Professor Simon Lewis, from University College London, said: "The south-east Amazon sink-to-source
is yet another stark warning that climate
are accelerating."