Deforestation and Habitat Loss
This category deals with the causes and effects of changes in natural habitat. Examples would include questions about cutting down forests, plowing grasslands for agriculture, coral reef die-offs, and the natural process of succession.
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Kiribati has the smallest carbon footprint.
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by recycling paper. by trying not to use too many wood products.
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Conserving wildlife is essential for many reasons actually. Animals help to keep the ecosystems around us, that we take for...
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They take all the water from deep down under the sand.
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It takes five big trees to make a house
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When power is being transited at 11kv (11,000 volts) it is impossible to store such power as you would in a battery and so it is...
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by conserving nature, we can keep it in proper condition and it wont affect the wildlife in them. we can also get benefits from...
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It helps in the balance of organic and inorganic substances of our earth.
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There are many ways that animals suffer when trees are cut down. They may loose homes, food, shelter...etc.
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no, it leads to LESS because there is less fauna to absorb the water
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It varies each time the experiment is done, but when I did it the average amount of salt water that fit on a penny, heads side...
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cutting down a forest without replanting some trees is really bad. in 5 years we lost 132,000 square kilometres of the Amazon and...
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Grey wolves live in Canada, and the northern USA. They also live across the ocean from Germany on up to the very top of Asia and...
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Renewable is the key word here. Resources like gold, silver, oil, coal are not renewable, at least on a time scale we could...
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They are called forest nations or agricultural nations.
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Most general term is a woodworking.
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As deforestation can lead to change in rainfall patterns and hence leading to floods and mudflows in one place and drought in...
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Deforestation Deforestation is caused by humans and natural causes, such as wildfires. Some human causes are expanding cities,...
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The human impact on the environment has been documented by credible scientists for hundreds of years. Examples are: 1....
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Because with the removal of trees the homes of these animals are essentially destroyed. Many animals live in trees, and even if...
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Forests through photosynthesis absorb carbon dioxide (CO2) and release oxygen. The timber of the trees also sequesters carbon....
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because trees take in co2 nd release oxygen, i think you can do the rest
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A wildlife preserve is a protected piece of land by the government in order not to endanger the usually vibrant wildlife in that...
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Well there are two typical reasons. One usually being it was an accident or they are a pyromaniac/arsonist. The other being they...
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when we cut down a tree all the carbondioxide that it sucked in gets released into the air which is definately not a good thing....
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deforestation
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It is bad because what is the use of paper when there won't be oxygen to live we can't change the paper back into trees can we....
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yes. yes you can. i believe in you young skywalker
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All trees, plants, flowers and blades of grass take in carbon dioxide, store the carbon and release the oxygen.
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A dam was built in Canada years ago. And one day the controller thought that the water level was too high so he let the water run...
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The correct word is arboreal, which means related to trees, or living in trees, like saying "arboreal mammals." From the root...
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Maybe it's bad to cut down trees animals are living in for the same reason that you might consider it bad if someone came along...
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Although deforestation can be good, it can also be irreparably harmful. Causes of deforestation Deforestation happens...
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Basically, greed. Those involved cannot be bothered to replant and cannot wait two or three years to harvest mature trees. It is...
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the beauty of city will decrease because if no trees no beauty.
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a program to regulate the number and spacing at children in aa family through the practices of contraception or other method of...
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Blame Brazilian farmers. They cut down trees and burn the wood. Then they use the ashes for crops. It's not always who but what....
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the carbon dioxide will increase
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Deforestation is caused by humans and natural changes on earth. On the natural side, as the tectonic plates have moved,...
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You need over 60 000 pieces of paper to save another tree.
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Rainforests are primarily cut down or burned by humans to clear land for agriculture and cattle pasture (by burning), timber...
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numerous studies tied the effects of deforestation to depletion of the earth's protective ozone layer and the subsequent warming...
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You can conserve forests by the following measures: by avoiding deforestation by reducing pollution by not practising...
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I'ts life, It's seeds, It's species, and Its' home
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then most of the animals will not have any where to live anywhere or any trees to get oxygen like we need tooAnswer The animals...
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The source of most of the moisture and water vapour that constitutes the clouds that bring rain (in continental regions) is the...
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because people need somewhere to live and because they would like to build farms there....
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Illegal logging mainly cause landslides, flash floods and global warming. Trees hold the soil to make it more stronger and...
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1. The state of being clear of trees 2. The removal of trees Deforestation occurs to create open space for urban or...
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We chop them down for wood so we can build building ands other things
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Deforestation reduces the ability of vegetation to sequester (remove from the atmosphere) CO2. Also the initial clearing of...
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The Human activies on the savanna has reduced the size of the natural land. The villiges and towns have cleared part of the...
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BY making a wide gap between try that will burn and those already alight the flames will be forced to stop when the reach the...
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Habitat loss can cause extinction for some animals. Animals that are confined to small places can go extinct when that habitat is...
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Well think of it this way would u be effected by gas and build up of gases so so will biogeochemical
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for survival a plant needs water sunlight carbon dioxide to photosynthesise oxygen to respire
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there are bonsai trees in the bonsai trees shop..inside there is a lady who is blind and needs help cutting trees...after...
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Arsonists are criminals who set things on fire. Many bushfires and wild fires are started by arsonists. Country fire authorities...
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"There are more trees inside the borders of the United States now than there were when Colombus arrived." "Only you can prevent...
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Atmospheric Deforestation is ongoing and is shaping climate and geography Deforestation is a contributor to global warming, and...
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They get paid a few shillings, their first earnings ever. (1 shilling = a bit less than a dollar
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Bobcats are found over most of The United States, where ever there is prey, cover, and water. They are a very adaptable animal...
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yes because there are less trees to breathe in the co2 (carbon dioxide) so more gets trapped in the atmosphere.
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If you were to place a stone close to a tree it would stunt the growth of the roots. Small rocks will just be broken by the...
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The Amerindians live in the rainforest so when workers cut down the trees that they need to live, they are losing their habitat...
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you shouldn't cos it is a tree
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Loging in Vanuatu is a limited industry. There is some loggin on the main Island of Efate and also Santo. Apart from that login...
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Many people benefit including you and I. Without the Amazon rainforest we would have no paper and some foods would never have...
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-Habitat destruction -Erosion -Climate change (greater variation in temperatures and drier) -Greater risks of flooding
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Some people are trying to blame the diminished size of the jungles on big business. The reality is, many of the natives of jungle...
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The forest would die.The first thing would be that the insects that eat and live among fallen leaves and other debris and dead...
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Forests per se don't remove the carbon dioxide, but trees and different types of vegetation can. The trees and plants don't store...
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Search it on google.
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AnswerSolutions to deforestation are as follows:FarmingForest managementReforestationForest plantations
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The human population is growing at an unabated pace. The need for living space and clear land for agriculture is growing at the...
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Youth or upper -Usually starts off flowing quickly down steep slopes -usually erode the earth quickly -soft rock eroded...
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You go into your bathroom, climb out the window, grab a bucket and fill it with snow. Then, go inside, and dump it on the floor....
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heating of temperature may make it unbearable for certain organisms/plants to survive there
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It would disrupt the entire food chain of the entire U.S. if we did not.
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Deforestation is people cutting down whole forests of trees, and making it even less likely for humans to survive. Trees supply...
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SOME WAYS TO SAVE TREES We can save trees by reducing the consumption of products made from trees (e.g. paper) providing...
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The albedo is the relative reflectivity of light from a surface, which for solar radiation indicates the percentage of solar...
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The effects of using chemicals on farmland vary considerably according to how much of which chemicals are used. There is also...
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Because rain forest timber is worth a lot of money and in some places more money can be made out of cleared land for other...
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We can stop cutting down trees, or if not plant one after we chop one down. Erosion is a natural cause but if its because of...
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1 hectare bro
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Urbanisation is when the flood water cannot go through the concrete because it is impermeable and deforestation is when trees are...
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Well i think that the government control deforestation as they should control all f the nations natural beauty.
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Deforestation is bad because we need trees to provide us oxygen and if all the trees are cut down we have less oxygen. It is also...
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Answeractivities like cutting down of trees disturbs the ecosystem because it actually disturbs the life cycle of animals and...
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Forests of India.it is in a den.
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Disadvantages to Removing Forests Rainforests represent a valuable and usually irreplaceable habitat for wildlife. But beyond...
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India, being a developing country, has difficulty in maintaining balance between environment and industrialization. It is rapidly...
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Less CO2 would be used up by trees = Less oxygen to be produced = Global warming speeds up = Many animals lose their homes; thus...
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Animals will loose their home and try to survive , most likely they wont.
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Some natural and unnatural causes of deforestation include: urban sprawl to clear land for crop growing for resources for fuel...
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