How do the loss of trees affect us?

Answer 1

The loss of trees affect us because we loss our life and also other living animals. If we didn't have trees, then we would be dead. Trees have a huge job, they not only give you oxygen, they also give us our food. Trees give oxygen to all of the living things in the world, not only you.

If you cut down alot of trees the higher the risk is of the area flooding. The trees stop water from spreading by sucking it in its roots but if we lower the number of trees the risk of flooding is higher.

Answer 2

Trees convert carbon dioxide to oxygen in the process of photosynthesis. The abundance of carbon dioxide in the air (due to activities such as burning fossil fuel) has lead to what people are referring to as "The Greenhouse Effect" - heat from the sun is trapped in the Earth's atmosphere due to the layers of carbon dioxide preventing the radiation from going back into space. So the loss of trees means that less carbon dioxide is being converted into oxygen and so the Greenhouse Effect will escalate, leading to global warming.

Animals live in trees, such as birds, insects and some climbing plants. The loss of trees means a loss of habitat for these animals. This in turn could cause an imbalance in their ecosystem. It could even potentially mean that entire species of animals could become endangered if they lose their homes.

Trees also help prevent land erosion. So they're good for farmers. Chopping down trees to clear more space for farming could be beneficial in the short term, but in the long term, the quality of the soil would gradually decrease and there would be the dangers of land erosion.