For World Rainforest Day we take you below these clouds to the Amazon River Basin and the largest rainforest in the world. Numbers help the story of this extraordinary place: At more than 2.1 million square miles, the Amazon accounts for half of Earth’s remaining tropical rainforests. And a fifth of the world’s fresh water flows through this river basin. Perhaps a tenth of the planet’s known species call it home, many of which have yet to be identified—that’s trees, plants, fish, mammals, and a third of Earth’s bird species. Now take a deep breath. The ‘Lungs of the World’ produces 20 percent of Earth’s oxygen, while storing vast amounts of carbon dioxide, earning it an all-star ‘carbon sink’ status.
Reflections on the mighty Amazon
Today in History
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International Literacy Day
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International Day for Monuments and Sites
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Three cheers for polar bears!
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Astronomy Day
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Who created the Easter Bunny?
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Climb a tree for wild animals and plants
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International Museum Day
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International Day of the Tropics
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The moth wonderful time of the year
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Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival, China
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Behold the blood moon
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Moody skies over Valletta
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Pont dArcole over the Seine river, Paris, France
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Badlands National Park turns 44
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Thomas Edison s bright idea
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Lunar eclipse
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Union Square, Manhattan
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World Numbat Day
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Naxos in the Cyclades Islands of Greece
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Aw shucks, It s Oyster Day
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Bathing huts in Skåne County, Sweden
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The Spirit of Harlem by Louis Delsarte
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A little blue
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Commemorating peace in Antarctica
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Rapa Valley in Sarek National Park, Sweden
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