Does deforestation help to reduce global warming?

Answer 1

Deforestation reduces the ability of vegetation to sequester (remove from the atmosphere) CO2. Also the initial clearing of vegetation can release large amounts of CO2. Predominantly though, the burning of fossil fuels is responsible for global warming.

Answer 2

Assuming you mean cutting down more trees (deforestation) the answer is a loud no.

In fact, part of the cause of global warming (more appropriately called global climate change), according to the majority of scientists in the field of atmospheric science and environmental issues, is the current rate of deforestation. We are cutting down forests at an alarming rate world wide. There is reason to be concerned today about all the world forests, but much of the concern centers on the deforestation of the previously undisturbed vast rain forests of the world.

The scientists theorize (and many studies prove aspects of the theory) that, as we increase the carbon dioxide in the air from pollutants and other releases of it into the air, and at the same time reduce the number of forests with plants capable of converting carbon dioxide into oxygen, the result is too much carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, which adds to the global climate change problem.

The scientists and environmentalists believe that carbon dioxide adds to other problems helping to make it harder for the earth to radiate away the sun's heat that it absorbs. If the heat radiated from the earth can not escape our atmosphere, then the result is what they call the "Greenhouse Effect". They suggest that we need to stop cutting down the trees and clearing forests, and start replacing and replanting the ones we have already removed, in addition to other measures, to reduce the carbon dioxide content in the atmosphere.

Answer 3

No, the opposite. Deforestation means destroying forests, so the trees can no longer remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Afforestation, the planting of new forests is what will reduce global warming.

Answer 4

The clearing of forests, deforestation, destroys the trees that used to remove carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere, release the oxygen, and store the carbon in their trunks and branches. Now that much of the forests are gone there is nothing much left to remove the extra greenhouse gases (from the burning of fossil fuels (coal, oil and natural gas)).

Answer 5

No, deforestation contributes to global warming by releasing stored carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. Trees absorb carbon dioxide, so cutting them down reduces the planet's ability to sequester this greenhouse gas. Protecting and planting trees is crucial for combating climate change.

Answer 6

When trees are cut down,less carbon dioxide gets taken out of the air,and we get less air,thus causing a part of global warming and getting us closer to breathing our last breath.