Scientists Bormann and Likens demonstrated in their experiment on a clear-cut forest that

a. A cleared forest is more sustainable than an uncleared forest.
b. An uncleared forest is more sustainable than a cleared forest.
c. Cleared and uncleared forests have the same sustainability.
d. Clearing a forest violates the second law of thermodynamics.
e. At least two of these answers are correct.


B

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