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Why are forests called the lungs of Earth?

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Forests are called the lungs of the Earth as they function just like lungs of human body. As our lungs take in oxygen rich air and provides oxygen to all the cells of the body, similarly forests provide oxygen to all the living organisms on the planet Earth.

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