Amazon River exhales virtually all carbon taken up by rain forest
Monday, May 20, 2013 - 15:00
in Earth & Climate
(Phys.org) —The Amazon rain forest, popularly known as the lungs of the planet, inhales carbon dioxide as it exudes oxygen. Plants use carbon dioxide from the air to grow parts that eventually fall to the ground to decompose or get washed away by the region's plentiful rainfall.