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In many tropical rainforests, people clear land by cutting down trees and burning them. After a few years, the soil runs out of nutrients and cannot be farmed any longer. How does this practice of “slash and burn agriculture” affect Earth’s atmosphere?

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Answer:

The polution from burning the trees. Also, the loss of oxygen from the loss of trees.

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