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How does cutting down forests and burning the debris increase the level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere?

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Cutting down forests would mean depletion of trees. Without trees, there would be no photosynthesis, and carbon dioxide would not be replaced with oxygen. This causes a rise in the level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Burning the debris requires oxygen, and gives out even more carbon dioxide, which has the same effect as mentioned above.

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