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		lepolas 31 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Africa's forests are now emitting more CO2 than th... I think the claim is that people are cutting the trees down and burning them faster than the trees are growing.

ProllyInfamous 31 days ago [–]

Absolutely this [is the claim].

Forests and bogs are massive carbon sinks; if the amount of cellulose within is decreasing, CO2 is being released (net).

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