Deforestation: The Effects

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We all know that deforestation isn't good for our planet. Cutting down our Earth's precious trees at such a rate that we are/have been doing can only have negative effects. One of those effects is the decrease in rainfall. Without rainfall, our planets vegetation could no longer survive. The tropical areas of the Earth have the most abundant amount of rainfall due the amount of forests they have. Scientists have been trying to prove that there is a direct link between the amount of forest and the amount of rainfall it gets. A recent study from researchers out of England's University of Leeds shows that in areas in the Amazon region have already been greatly affected by the amount of deforestation that has occurred. The study also showed that if it continues at the rate it is going now, rainfall for those areas could be reduced by as much as 20 percent in the next 40 years. This means we need to take action now, or lose our precious forests we have been blessed with.
Sources: http://news.yahoo.com/less-forest-less-rain-deforestation-reduces-tropical-rainfall-214509180.html