Problems with Deforestation

This weeks topic of Photosynthesis and Global warming are indeed apart of one another. In our Biology book researchers found that the nutrients in certain ecosystems are gained through the plants. When plants and trees aren't present, the whole ecosystem suffers. Not only does the ecosystem suffer, but the earth as a whole suffers. Since less trees are using up CO2, it is concentrating in our atmosphere. This is dangerous because the CO2 absorbs heat radiation and bounces it back towards the Earth and thus is a prime contributer to Global warming. Outside of burning fossil fuels, deforestation is the greatest source of Global warming.