As the news of fires raging in the Amazon spread across ... oft-repeated claim about the rainforest’s importance: that it produces 20 percent of the world’s oxygen. Some have taken it to ...

Essentially, this means that the net effect of the Amazon rain forest on the amount of oxygen in the global atmosphere is "virtually nothing," since the photosynthesis to produce new plant matter ...

French President Emmanuel Macron tweeted on Aug. 22 that “the Amazon rain forest – the lungs which produces 20% of our planet’s oxygen – is on fire.” The oft-repeated claim that the ...

The Amazon rainforest is an ecological marvel ... produces 20% of the world’s oxygen and helps regulate the temperature of the whole planet. Without it, climate change could become irreversible ...

No. In fact, under normal conditions (prior to human-caused fires) the Amazon [rain]forest is in a steady state. Oxygen is produced by photosynthesis and consumed by decay. If these were out of ...

And in the midst of this environmental crisis, one false statistic has been floating around: that the Amazon rainforest produces 20% of the world's oxygen. Although there are many dire ...

This huge Tropical Rainforest stretches across nine countries. It’s vital for our planet’s health. It’s great at making ...

SAO PAULO, Brazil — Hospital staff and relatives of COVID-19 patients rushed to provide facilities with oxygen tanks flown into the Amazon rainforest’s biggest city as doctors were forced to ...

The Amazon rainforest is an ecological marvel ... produces 20% of the world’s oxygen and helps regulate the temperature of the whole planet. Without it, climate change could become irreversible ...