Environment & Ecology · Environmental Studies
What is the primary mechanism through which large-scale deforestation accelerates global climate change?
- 1It stops the natural release of methane from forest floor soils.
- 2It reduces carbon dioxide sequestration capacity and releases stored carbon into the atmosphere.✓
- 3It reduces the Earth's surface albedo, causing instant regional cooling.
- 4It increases the concentration of ambient oxygen in the troposphere.
Correct answer
It reduces carbon dioxide sequestration capacity and releases stored carbon into the atmosphere.
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