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In short, the Oxygen being produced by living
plants gets consumed by decomposing, dead
and burning plants.

So, many atmospheric scientists don't see the

Amazon, Earth's rainforests, or even Earth's
forests as net oxygen producers, at least in any

appreciable sense.

THE BURNING rAINFOREST OF
Earth's excess oxygen mostly comes from
marine algae which bloom in the oceans,
AMAZON
consume the nutrients that are in the water
and suck in carbon dioxide from the

atmosphere.

20% of Earth's oxygen

is produced by the
Amazon rainforest

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