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Human activities like burning fossil fuels for transport and to generate electricity are adding amounts of carbon dioxide to the greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.

Human activities like eating meat means that millions of cows are bred for beef. Cattle belch a lot of methane, which is a greenhouse gas twenty times more dangerous than carbon dioxide. A further problem is that forests are being cut down to provide grazing land for the cattle. Forests act as great carbon sinks, absorbing vast amounts of carbon dioxide, so cutting them down is a mistake.

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