Applications and Investigations in Earth Science (9th Edition)
Applications and Investigations in Earth Science (9th Edition)
9th Edition
ISBN: 9780134746241
Author: Edward J. Tarbuck, Frederick K. Lutgens, Dennis G. Tasa
Publisher: PEARSON
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Discuss some of the ways in which technology is involved in the fight over the Amazon Rainforest. Make sure to discuss at least two ways that technology is being used to destroy the rainforest and at least two ways technology is being used preserve the rainforest. 

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