61. Approximately 45 million acres of tropical rainforest are destroyed each year. Which of theseprobably does NOT result from the burning and clearing of tropical rainforests?a. an increase in CO2 in the atmosphereb. a decrease in the sources for new medicinesan increase in oxygen in the atmosphered. a decrease in the biodiversity of the rainforestC.

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61. Approximately 45 million acres of tropical rainforest are destroyed each year. Which of these probably does NOT result from the burning and clearing of tropical rainforests? an increase in CO2 in the atmosphere b. a decrease in the sources for new medicines an increase in oxygen in the atmosphere d. a decrease in the biodiversity of the rainforest a. C.

61. Approximately 45 million acres of tropical rainforest are destroyed each year. Which of these probably does NOT result from the burning and clearing of tropical rainforests? an increase in CO2 in the atmosphere b. a decrease in the sources for new medicines an increase in oxygen in the atmosphere d. a decrease in the biodiversity of the rainforest a. C.

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