New Scientist - USA (2021-12-11)

42 | New Scientist | 11 December 2021

Features

The Amazon’s

last chance

The Amazon could be facing irreversible collapse in just five years,

with catastrophic effects for the planet, writes Graham Lawton

Above: The Ecuadorian

Amazon; Below: Soya

plantations in Brazil

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