Conservation of Plants and Animals — Question 10

The effects of deforestation on Earth are:

1. Climate change: Untimely rainfall, frequent droughts and heat waves are a few effects of climate change.
2. Desertification: Removal of the top layer of the soil exposes the lower, hard and rocky layers. This soil has less humus and is less fertile. Gradually the fertile land gets converted into deserts.
3. Soil erosion: Deforestation leaves the land naked and this causes large scale loss of top fertile layer of soil.
4. Flooding: The barren lands are more susceptible to flooding.
5. Global warming: Destruction of forest results in accumulation of green house gases leading to global warming.