The depletion of the rain forests is clearly visible from space even in the low resolution areas of GE. This is not only a non replacable resource, or the loss of plants and animals but a means of absorbing all of the vast amounts of CO2 produced by the burning of fossil fuels in our cars and trucks. The following is only a scratch

Destruction of the Amazon Rain Forests

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Rates of Rainforest Loss