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    Amazon in Peril

    May 01, 2020 3 minutes
    by Christine Graf

    Brazil’s Amazon rain forest is being destroyed at an alarming rate. During 2019, an area comparable in size to New York City was destroyed in the month of May alone. If something isn’t done to save the Amazon, it could be damaged beyond repair.

    Sixty percent of the 2.6-million square-mile (6.7 million square-kilometer) Amazon rain forest is located in Brazil. During the last 40 years, more than 18% of the Brazilian Amazon has been destroyed. Experts predict that if the current rate

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