Historic Amazon rainforest fires threaten climate and raise risk of new diseases
2020-10-01 00:00
Deforestation and extreme blazes threaten the region's biodiversity, risk transforming the rainforest into a semi-arid savannah and expose people to zoonoses that could spur new pandemics.
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