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The depletion of the world’s rain forests contributes to all of the following except
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a decrease in oxygen that is released into the atmosphere.
a decrease in oxygen that is released into the atmosphere.

an increase in the temperature.
an increase in the temperature.

a decrease in the amount of carbon dioxide that is released in the atmosphere.
a decrease in the amount of carbon dioxide that is released in the atmosphere.

a decrease in the size of the natural habitat due to human settlement.

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
"a decrease in the amount of carbon dioxide that is released in the atmosphere."

Deforestation increases CO2 (trees store carbon; burning/decay releases it), so depletion does not cause a decrease in atmospheric CO2.