Deforestation leads to big hikes in local temperature, study finds

Mongabay
May 4, 2018, 2:57 pm265 pts
For years, scientists have been puzzling over what exactly deforestation does to the climate. But a study published recently purports to have figured it out. It finds clearing forests significantly increased local temperature in some of the most deforested places in North America, Europe and Asia. Forests do…

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