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Deforestation scene showing stumps of trees in a clear-cut area with a row of pine trees in the background

‘Promiscuous treatment of nature’ will lead to more pandemics – scientists

Source: The Guardian

What does cutting down trees have to do with global pandemics like the coronavirus? Click this link to find out.

This entry was posted in The Natural World and tagged Human behavior, Science & Nature on September 1, 2020 by Chandler Gifford.

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