Study: The world lost 30 million acres of tree cover in 2019

Tuesday, June 2, 2020 - 09:50 in Mathematics & Economics

The world lost tree cover the size of a soccer field every six seconds in 2019, totaling nearly 30 million acres, with a third of that loss coming from the mature rainforest, a new study released Tuesday said.

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