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The tropical rainforests are one our largest single most terrestrial source of air that we breathe. The tropical rainforests cover only 2% of the Earth's land surface, but they are home to two-thirds of all the living species on the planet. Another reason why the rainforest is so important is because we now get more than half of our medicinal compounds from plants indigenous to the tropical rainforest. Did you know that the tropical rainforests maintain an almost perfect temperature of 80 degrees Fahrenheit and receive anywhere from 160 to 400 inches of rain per year? These pleasant weather conditions allow all life forms to flourish year- round. The tropical rainforest is home to 50-70 million life forms and it has 1000 species per square kilometer and the US only has about 100 species per square kilometer. Scientist say that the clearing and burning of the world’s rainforest accounts for 20-25% of the CO2 emitted into the atmosphere by man. It therefore has a significant place in the so called "greenhouse effect" underway in our atmosphere. We now have only half of the world’s original four billion acres of rainforest left, due to deforestation
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They also absorb carbon dioxide and the rainforest help deter the greenhouse effect. Researchers say that the trees of the rainforest store carbon dioxide in their roots, stems, branches, and leaves which help to give off oxygen and helps to keep the planet cool. The rainforest works with the rotation of Earth on its axis. When it rains the tilt helps to distribute the water and without the rainforest we would have massive flooding. The rainforest also keeps the earth’s temperature cool. If temperatures were to rise glaciers and ice would melt and we would have land erosion due to sea levels increasing. The increase in temperatures would also cause more severe hurricanes, earthquakes and volcanoes. Scientist say that we are rapidly destroying our rainforests and we may only a few more years before they are completely destroyed, and when this happens man will no longer be able to breath the air and the temperatures will drop so low that the “Ice Age” will began. After the polar ice caps melt, we will experience the effect of the frozen freshwater entering into the conveyor belt system that circulates warm water around the Earth and the cold freshwater will dilute the warm salty water and effectively turn off the ecosystem. Then the possible end of days or "Ice Age” will be in
They also absorb carbon dioxide and the rainforest help deter the greenhouse effect. Researchers say that the trees of the rainforest store carbon dioxide in their roots, stems, branches, and leaves which help to give off oxygen and helps to keep the planet cool. The rainforest works with the rotation of Earth on its axis. When it rains the tilt helps to distribute the water and without the rainforest we would have massive flooding. The rainforest also keeps the earth’s temperature cool. If temperatures were to rise glaciers and ice would melt and we would have land erosion due to sea levels increasing. The increase in temperatures would also cause more severe hurricanes, earthquakes and volcanoes. Scientist say that we are rapidly destroying our rainforests and we may only a few more years before they are completely destroyed, and when this happens man will no longer be able to breath the air and the temperatures will drop so low that the “Ice Age” will began. After the polar ice caps melt, we will experience the effect of the frozen freshwater entering into the conveyor belt system that circulates warm water around the Earth and the cold freshwater will dilute the warm salty water and effectively turn off the ecosystem. Then the possible end of days or "Ice Age” will be in