How Rainforests Work

Stuff You Should Know

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Society & Culture

4.6 • 79.3K Ratings

🗓️ 9 October 2012

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

It's been called the world's lungs, the world's pharmacy and the world's air conditioner. It takes up only 6 percent of Earth's land, yet houses 50% of the world's species. Find out the math behind why they may be gone in 40 years in this episode.

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0:00.0	There's so much news happening around the world that we're somehow supposed to stay on top of.
0:05.7	That's why we launched The Big Take.
0:08.3	It's a daily podcast from Bloomberg and I Heart Radio that turns down the volume a bit
0:14.0	to give you some space to think.
0:16.4	I'm Wes Kosova.
0:17.7	Each weekday I dig into one important story and talk about why it matters.
0:23.6	Listen to The Big Take on The I Heart Radio App, Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen.
0:31.2	Welcome to Steffi Shedno from HouseofWorks.com.
0:41.3	Hey and welcome to the podcast.
0:43.2	I'm Josh Clark.
0:44.3	There's Charles W. Chuck Bryant and a little dinosaur friend of yours.
0:49.6	Yeah, he's kind of become a fixture.
0:51.0	Where she?
0:51.8	Yeah, it looks like a she.
0:54.6	What's his name?
0:56.6	Oh, Dina.
0:58.6	Nice.
0:59.6	That was sharp.
1:00.6	Thank you.
1:01.6	I appreciate that.
1:04.2	Not as sharp, however, unfortunately, as the blade of the Catalmen's chain saw, cutting
1:11.2	down their tropical rain forest like crazy or burning it.
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