How does the burning of fossil fuels and deforestation contribute to the overall amount of carbon dioxide?

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Waffle Paradox · Answer 1 · 2021-06-12T21:29:11+0000

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Forests store large amounts of carbon. When fossil fuels are burned, carbon from dead and decayed plants, animals and phytoplankton that lived hundreds of millions of years ago (before dinosaurs existed), is released into the atmosphere in the form of carbon dioxide. .

How does the burning of fossil fuels and deforestation contribute to the overall amount of carbon dioxide?

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