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=== Consequences === | === Consequences === | ||
* [[En-en adult card 12 carbon sinks|Carbon Sinks]] Participants often think that deforestation reduces carbon sinks. In reality, the impact is minimal because deforested areas represent a very small part of the total forest area. Moreover, a mature forest is in equilibrium and no longer absorbs carbon. Therefore, as mainly mature forests are deforested, this does not impact carbon sinks. On the other hand, the CO2 released is very important, equivalent . | * [[En-en adult card 12 carbon sinks|Carbon Sinks]] Participants often think that deforestation reduces carbon sinks. In reality, the impact is minimal because deforested areas represent a very small part of the total forest area. Moreover, a mature forest is in equilibrium and no longer absorbs carbon. Therefore, as mainly mature forests are deforested, this does not impact carbon sinks. On the other hand, the CO2 released is very important, equivalent . | ||
* [[En-en adult card 15 radiative forcing|Radiative forcing]] When forests are cut down, a dark green surface is replaced by a light green one, which has a higher albedo and therefore absorbs less energy. | * [[En-en adult card 15 radiative forcing|Radiative forcing]] When forests are cut down, a dark green surface is replaced by a light green one, which has a higher [https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albedo albedo] and therefore absorbs less energy. | ||
* [[En-en adult card 20 disruption water cycle|Disruption of the Water Cycle]] or [[En-en adult card 26 river flooding|River Flooding]] Vegetation retains water. If cut down, it makes flooding easier. | * [[En-en adult card 20 disruption water cycle|Disruption of the Water Cycle]] or [[En-en adult card 26 river flooding|River Flooding]] Vegetation retains water. If cut down, it makes flooding easier. | ||
* [[En-en adult card 35 forest fires|Forest Fires]] Part of the deforestation is done by burning down forests: that can run out of control. This is what happened in summer of 2019 in the Amazon forest and [[wikipedia:2019–20_Australian_bushfire_season|in Australia]] | * [[En-en adult card 35 forest fires|Forest Fires]] Part of the deforestation is done by burning down forests: that can run out of control. This is what happened in summer of 2019 in the Amazon forest and [[wikipedia:2019–20_Australian_bushfire_season|in Australia]] | ||