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Harmful affect of deforestation

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Harmful affect of deforestation
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Gaurav Seth 6 years, 4 months ago

  • Global warming: Due to deforestation there is an increase in quantity of carbon dioxide, thereby, increasing the temperature of earth. This is known as global warming. Moreover, it causes harmful effects of skin burning, melting of polar ice caps, increase of seawater level, floods thereby submerging the coastal areas.
  • Drought: Increase in temperature disturbs <font size="4"><font face="monsterrat"><font color="#4dcadd"><font style="user-select: initial !important;">water cycle.</font></font></font></font> Therefore it causes less rainfall. thus, this condition of less rainfall causes drought i.e. condition when there is no water for crop as well as drinking
  • Flood: Trees increases water holding capacity of soil. Moreover, it helps to increase ground water level. Because of deforestation, water cannot be hold for in the ground and so flow of water from the ground surface reduces. Thereby, lowering ground water level. This also increases level of water in the river. If river fails to hold the increase in waterlevel it brings flood.
  • Soil erosion and desertification: Roots of trees holds the top layer of the <font size="4"><font face="monsterrat"><font color="#4dcadd"><font style="user-select: initial !important;">soil </font></font></font></font>. Because of deforestation top layer of the soil is removed by water or wind. This is known as soil erosion. This causes change in nutrient content, texture, which gradually converts land into desert
  • Loss of biodiversity: Forest provides shelter to various <font size="4"><font face="monsterrat"><font color="#4dcadd"><font style="user-select: initial !important;">plants and animals </font></font></font></font>. By cutting plants humans are disturbing their habitat. Due to which life of such plants and animals are in threat.
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