Removal of forests causes a disturbance in the carbon cycle of plants leading to the issue of global warming
What is global warming?
Global warming is the increased temperature of the earth caused by the green house effect. What is the green house effect?
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The government has noted that since there has been a rapid increase in deforestation, it has led to an increase in atmospheric levels of carbon dioxide at a rate of over 1 billion tons annually
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Because Deforestation has contributed to rising temperatures, more parts of the land dry out, which has led to an increase in desertification.
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"When the forest is gone, the great reservoir of moisture stored up in its vegetable mould is evaporated, and returns only in deluges of rain to wash away the parched dust into which that mould has been converted" -George Marsh
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"what man calls civilization, always results in desert" -Don Marquis
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