Large scales of tree cutting can lead to deforestation. It is a transformation of an area from forest to terrain with little vegetation. Plants create oxygen and absorb greenhouse gases. The destruction of trees may, therefore, encourage global warming which changes temperatures that alter which organisms can survive in an ecosystem.
The carbon that the trees store fly into the atmosphere. More places in the world have fewer trees which means more deforestation.
- Carbon dioxide
- Water vapour
- Nitrous oxide
- Methane
- Chloro Fluorocarbons
Some estimate for 4 to 6 thousand rain forest species goes extinct each year. Logg ing operations that provide the world with lots of wood and paper products also cut down countless trees each year. Forests are also destroyed as a result of growing urban sprawl as land is developed for dwellings. The effects of deforestation are grave but not irreversible.
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