Forests are natural wonders of the world especially the Amazon Rain Forest or the Red Wood Forest in Oregon. These forests help help minimize the amount of greenhouse gases that are emitted by humans, they are home to millions of different species, and they help keep the land and soil moist by perpetuating the water cycle. Unfortunately due to deforestation these forests are shrinking. Deforestation is the process of clearing Earth’s forests on a massive scale which leads to poor land quality, homeless animals, and more greenhouse gas emissions. There are a couple of causes of deforestation. The first being agricultural. Farmers cut forests to provide more room for crops or livestock. They may only do a couple acres but if a significant number of farmers do this the total number of forests cut down will grow substantially. Another reason is logging company who log wood from forests for paper products and wood. However not all deforestation comes from humans. Some deforestation is caused by wildfires which can engulf a large portion of a forest.
I found this issue on Facebook, someone liked it and it popped up on my feed. I didn’t really know all of the effects of deforestation so I went to the National Geographic website and read about it there. I consider National Geographic to be a reliable source because it is a .org site and teachers/professors always have National Geographic videos and the .org sites usually have more peer reviewed/scholarly sources. I also watched a short video on Youtube which was a time-lapse of deforestation in the Amazon Rain Forest which was really shocking. I would consider using another source after I got familiar and comfortable with it.
Article:
Deforestation and Its Effect on the Planet. (2017, January 29). Retrieved February 03, 2017, from http://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/global-warming/deforestation/
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