Just 1 percent of Amazon’s trees hold half of its carbon
Big, abundant species outweigh their neighbors when it comes to keeping greenhouse gases out of the air
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THE 1 PERCENT The trees of the Amazon rainforest hold a lot of carbon, but around half of the rainforest’s carbon storage is wrapped up in just 1 percent of its tree species.
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