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Rain Forest Matters.(Brief Article)
If tropical rain forests are destroyed, scientists predict these things will happen:
global warming
The climate of the world will become much warmer and drier.
medical losses
The source of many medicines will disappear.
extinct species
Many kinds of plants and animals will disappear.
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