Amazon deforestation linked to long distance climate warming

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Deforestation in the Amazon causes land surfaces up to 100 kilometers away to get warmer, suggests a new study.   The research suggests that tropical forests play a critical role in cooling the land surface — and that effect can play out over considerable distances. 

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