Billions of leaves in the Amazon rainforest take in carbon dioxide \u2013 a gas which contributes to global warming. So does deforestation cause a rise in global temperatures?<\/p>\n

Erika Berenguer is a scientist at the Oxford Environmental Change Institute. She’s been studying the same patch of trees in the Amazon for ten years.<\/p>\n

Video by David Shukman, Kate Stephens and David Bull<\/i><\/p>\n

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