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Shelbie, Allie, and Sydney AKA: The Pink Ladies =] lol!! Period 7 group 2

The mission questions are: ~How is climate of an area affected by deforestation and the resulting agricultural or urban land use? ~How is the global ecosystem affected by deforestation and the resulting of urban land use? ~What can you do to reduce the impact of deforestation?

The first question, “How is climate of an area affected by deforestation and the resulting agricultural or urban land use?” Deforestation is causing the world climate to change but it doesn’t happen all at once: actually it happens little by little. Climate of an area is affected by deforestation because in deforested areas the certain pieces of land heat up faster and reach higher temperature because there is nothing to stop the sunlight from hitting the ground. If trees are cut down the shadow that shades the farmland could get too much sun and dry out the crops. Also without trees to hold the soil in place, rain washes topsoil away and creates a process called soil erosion.

The second question, “How is the global ecosystem affected by deforestation and the resulting of urban land use?” In the global ecosystem tropical rainforests play a vital part in the functioning of plants. The Amazon rainforests create 50-80% of its own rainfall through transpiration. This affects weather globally by altering wind ocean current patterns, and also causes rain distributation patterns to change. The warmer temperatures will also melt the polar ice caps causing the sea level to rise and causing even more animal migrations and extinctions. Herbivores will migrate and food will become scare. Eventually dissipating and killing the herbivores. With the herbivores gone, carnivores will have much less to eat and they may also dissipate leading to a mass extinction.

What can you do to reduce the impact of deforestation is the third question. There are plenty of things you can do! We still have a chance to stop deforestation and keep global warming at a standstill. You could plant trees, recycle paper, plastic, glass, aluminum, and more. Let others know about climate changes and you can even buy products that don’t use as much electricity as others such as LED light-bulbs. With everyone pitching in and doing their part, we can help prevent mess extinctions and maybe even stop global warming all together.

Save the world, become a tree hugger and make where we live a better place!!!

BIBLIOGRAPHY: Weather Wiz Kids A Place out of time Climate Change Kids site Science Daily