Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Rain Forests as indicators of global warming

There is a strong interdependent relationship between the climate and the tropical rain forests.

True tropical rain forests can only exist in geographical locations with “continuous supply” of rainfall and sunshine. Such locations are mostly found in the geographical areas around the equator.

Rain forests affect the global climatic conditions by acting as pollution filters or “carbon sinks” “lungs of the earth”.Rain forest trees absorb carbon dioxide (CO2) and produce oxygen back into the atmosphere, by way of photosynthesis. This helps reducing atmospheric Carbon Dioxide.


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