Around the world, rainforests play a critically important role in climate regulation.

Trees and plants absorb and store a massive amount of carbon dioxide from the air, and in return, through photosynthesis, produce oxygen upon which all life on Earth depends.

Rainforests also regularly release carbon dioxide through processes like respiration, decay and fires, but they have always absorbed more carbon dioxide than they release, acting as “carbon sinks,” according to experts.

In 2021, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory revealed that between 2000 and 2019, the ability of tropical rainforests to absorb large amounts of carbon decreased due to “large-scale deforestation, habitat degradation, and climate change effects, like more frequent droughts and fires.”

Now, at least one region’s rainf

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