And here's the climate connection. Rainforest trees and plants store massive amounts of carbon - keeping it from getting into the air as carbon dioxide.

森林的环境与气候的变化紧密相连，热带雨林中的树木和植物都储存了大量的碳——它们作为二氧化碳被释放到空气中。

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The Amazonian rainforest is likely to suffer catastrophic damage even with the lowest temperature rises forecast under climate change.

即使是气候变化带来的最小幅度的温度升高，也可能使亚马逊热带雨林遭受灾难性的破坏。

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The University of Arizona is also studying the hydrological effects of desert vegetation changes, and the rainforest dynamics of carbon, oxygen and vegetation in a variable-climate setting.

亚利桑那大学也在研究沙漠植物变化的水文效应、碳氧的雨林动态和可变气候环境中的植物。

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Western taxpayers need the Amazon rainforest to control their climate.

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The peak of her green interest was in the late 80s - a time of bubbling media coverage of acid rain, climate, waste and rainforest destruction.

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This focus on fracking is part of a larger effort by investors to urge a broad array of companies to increase their attention to the risks posed by climate change, dirty energy sources, water scarcity, rainforest destruction and other global sustainability challenges.

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