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What are Four ways in which deforestation leads to an increase in the levels of greenhouse gases?
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- Growing trees remove the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere, so deforestation means less CO2 is removed.
- Deforestation means that a lot of timber scraps are left to rot on the forest floor. Rotting timber releases either CO2 or methane, both greenhouse gases.
- Deforestation leaves large areas of land unprotected from floods and rainfall which can remove topsoil and small vegetation. This vegetation no longer removes CO2 from the air, but instead rots.
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What does the greenhouse effect have to do with deforestation?
The greenhouse effect is simply the atmosphere's ability to retain heat. This is caused by gases, which we call greenhouse gases. These gases trap heat, rather like greenhouses trap heat to help grow plants in cold climates.
What is cause of globalwarming?
Greenhouse gases. Deforestation may also cause it.
What was the impact of deforestation as reflected in environment in the 18th 20th century?
One of the negative impacts of deforestation is the destruction of habitats for various species. It also leads to climate change and the increase of greenhouse gases.
The temperature of the Earth is rising due to the increase of what?
Increased levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere are causing global warming.
When carbon dioxide levels increase in the atmosphere what happens to global temperatures?
When greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide increase in the atmosphere then the temperature rises. Greenhouse gases capture heat rising from the surface of the earth and prevent it escaping to space.
What are the effects of combustion and deforestation and how do they relate to the greenhouse effect?
Combustion (burning) of any material usually releases carbon dioxide, as carbon is such a major component of everything on earth. Deforestation (removal of trees) means that the trees are no longer able to take carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. The greenhouse effect is the greenhouse gases retaining warmth from the sun. Any increase of greenhouse gases (as carbon dioxide is) leads to a warming in the atmosphere.
Why would increased levels of greenhouse gases contribute to higher temperatures?
Greenhouse gases trap the heat rising fom the earth. Increased levels of greenhouse gases mean that global warming will get worse.
How does the increase in greenhouse gases support the theory of global warming?
Part of the theory of global warming is that greenhouse gases capture the earth's heat. If more greenhouse gases are added to the atmosphere then more heat will be retained.We can measure that levels of greenhouse gases have increased, and we can measure that temperatures have risen. These measurements thus support the theory of global warming.
How have human activities changed the greenhouse gases?
Human activities like burning fossil fuels (coal, oil and natural gas) and deforestation have increasedlevels of greenhouse gases.
What is the relationship between deforestation of the rainforest the greenhouse effect and global warming?
Deforestation of the rainforests destroyed trees that used to remove carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere. This allows CO2 levels to build up in the atmosphere. Greenhouse gases cause the greenhouse effect, keeping the earth warm. Because of deforestation and man's burning of fossil fuels (coal, oil and natural gas) in industry, transport and the generation of electricity, levels of CO2 in the air are rising, causing global warming.
Does a change in natural levels of greenhouse gases warm the earth?
Greenhouse gases include carbon dioxide and methane. A reduction in the amount of these gases in the atmosphere would result in global cooling, while an increase results in higher global average temperatures - global warming.
Why should humans care about the increase in greenhouse gases?
If we do not care about the increase in greenhouse gases, the climate of the Earth shall increase in temperature and then we will all be bunz-pasted. And no more doing it for babies.
