Deforestation is killing people by raising local temperatures

Mongabay
Aug 27, 2025, 6:44 pm181 ptsTrendingTop
For decades, the case for saving tropical forests has been cast in terms of carbon. Trees sequester vast quantities of it; razing them pumps more into the air. But new research reminds us that the destruction of rainforests has consequences that arrive long before the carbon accounting is tallied: It makes…

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