Climate Control Tropical forests do not only provide goods, but - TopicsExpress



          

Climate Control Tropical forests do not only provide goods, but invaluable services, as well. They are vital to the hydrologic cycle (rain and water systems), and they maintain some of the worlds most fragile soils. Forests are one of the world’s primary carbon reservoirs, storing an estimated 610 billion tons of carbon. By absorbing carbon dioxide from the air, storing the carbon and giving us fresh, clean oxygen, tropical forests act as the world’s thermostat, regulating temperatures and weather patterns. More than 20% of the world’s oxygen is produced by the Amazon rainforest. Excess carbon dioxide produced by cars, industry and uncontrolled logging and burning in tropical forests are the major source of global warming, which is heating the planet even faster than scientists had predicted just a few years ago.
Posted on: Wed, 02 Apr 2014 14:51:56 +0000

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