Global deforestation affecting climate change globally

Forests can have great amounts of carbon. while there are advantages and disavantages to forestation, there is recent controversies. these controversies include both local and global temperature impacts. deforestation is causing an imbalance in the earths energy causing there to be a change in the atmospheric circulation. In this study we are looking at three different scenarios to figure out whether or not deforestation is the actual cause to the worlds climate change.

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