"These are not white-coat scientists just lecturing people," Raoni Rajão, who specializes in environmental management at the Federal University of Minas Gerais and is not involved with Sanquetta's team. Trees soak up carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and store it as carbon, one of the cheapest and easiest ways to absorb greenhouse gas. Since he took office in 2019, at least 825 million tonnes of CO2 have been released from Brazilian Amazon deforestation. Today there are scientists measuring forest carbon on nearly every continent. No one team could hope to sample enough of the vast rainforest for an exact count of carbon harboured by the Amazon.

Source: bd News24 January 12, 2021 10:52 UTC